Packopus

Packopus, 7 months ago

@solivine Same, and it just works better. Whenever I need a word processor or spreadsheet at home I don't need that much, and I need to be able to access it on all my devices, not just my home computer. So having the free alternative work faster, better, everywhere, then I don't even see Office as relevant anymore.

@billiam0202 @q47tx @wintermute_oregon @WeirdGoesPro @H2207

Packopus, 8 months ago

@Player2 I sometimes do that the way god intended, by having way too much to drink and it's coming out of both ends at the same.

@ADHDefy

Packopus, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

@SuperRecording I've always been told the opposite. As long as you brush soon after you actually prevent stains. And to always make sure to at least rinse with water after coffee.

@zephyr

Packopus, 8 months ago

@Squander Let us peel away your petty facades and reveal you for what your truly are!!! --- fairly attractive 20-somethings, apparently.

Packopus, 9 months ago

@ananesiken "I can't adapt to change so therefore I refuse to, and will publicly announce it as I do so."

K bye, this content isn't helping the lack of good content.

Packopus, 9 months ago

@UnanimousStargazer Nothing starts out perfect. Google and Facebook had growing pains too. Hell, Windows can still barely figure their shit out. The biggest tech still has flaws.

It just depends on your usage and expectations. If you prefer Reddit, and the content is still relevant to you, go for it. For me, I was a lurker and didn't really expect much past the front "hot" page. That's exactly how I use the federated sites, so to me I lose nothing because I expect nothing.

I respect your opinion to return, and yes this place has flaws, but if we don't use it, it won't get fixed. Going back to Reddit for your reasons is like saying you won't live in your new house because it doesn't have furniture. Like, yeah, you just bought it, it's new, it's empty. Put shit in it and make it nice! Invite your friends over! Have a party!

Packopus, 9 months ago

@buycurious Nah nothing wrong with you, you're just curious to buy it.

@TheWaterGod

Packopus, 10 months ago

@abff08f4813c The main thing about all this is that there were no alternatives to Reddit until now. We needed a good push and reason to leave but never had a tangible alternative with nothing even showing up in Search results worth checking out. Now we do, All these big corps are screwing themselves, and we now have a BETTER alternative than all of them. So keep screwing up, Reddit, we have a place to go now. Keep screwing up, Twitter, Google, StackOverflow, Tumblr, Imgur, and all others that will soon follow suit.

Packopus, 10 months ago

@Manticore

they require them to understand the concept of what a 'server' is to even get started.

I've known 5 year olds start minecraft servers. And understand that each "world" is an "instance". But that's aside the point, as you're right that even Help-Desk IT people struggle to understand the difference between computer and server.

It's not hard, it's just new.

The "new" part is what gets people. All of this is new. Even the implementation of all of this "fediverse" is new. It will come with time! People probably didn't understand email vs snailmail, and probably had an even harder time with SMS/IM vs email when all of that came about just over 20-30 years ago. Most of these "complications" are from people that grew up knowing that the "internet" is basically 5 or 6 social media sites for very specific uses, and those 5 or 6 sites are older than most of the people using them, so that's all they know. Even for a dude in IT, the fediverse was a new concept to understand, and even difficult to understand how it could best be implemented for the masses.

@metic

Packopus, 10 months ago

@static "I don't even know how pinging works :)"

So for non-techy dude that sounds more business oriente in their question, I can clarify that everything that kbin is or can be is public code that anybody can copy and build from. It's duplicated already by everyone that makes their own instance, and people can make their own edits. for #1, it's all donation. #2, it's all what ernest can churn out before he croaks or gets bored but kbin is just a bin of code that everyone can toss into, there is no singular domain to own. #3 every instance has their own power over their site. It's like Wordpress. Wordpress is the source code to make things easier on the website builder. Kbin is just the website builder like WordPress. What users make of it is up to them and doesn't require a board for each website to be made. We (the user) can request changes that get voted on by other users and can be implemented or not if someone knows how to contribute the code.

@ernest @mmaramara

Packopus, 10 months ago

@Guadin This helped, but didn't alleviate my fears of running my own instance, where I thought I would need a larger server just to handle the amount of storage or read/writes from ALL the traffic being replicated on my instance. Does this "copy" get stored locally on my instance even if it's just being presented like a stream? Do I, in essence, make my own archive of the fediverse as long as it's running? I was curious about this as well with the concerns of Meta being federated, do they now have a copy of all the data of every federated instance?

@CarlsIII

Packopus, 10 months ago

@jules So, to clarify, you're not specifically looking for THOSE topics you listed, but similar catch-all topics? I think that's a good idea, but I'd suggest starting that catch-all topic yourself with magazine/community and then have tags be the sub-topics. You'd have more people want to join the community if it more or less covered the more niche topics within, and thereby getting more activity to follow.

Packopus, 10 months ago

@feduser934 They should have VINs just like motorcycles or chips built in because those free bikes are going in to someones van every night.

@lntl @KeavesSharpi

Packopus, 10 months ago

@kerplunk Also to that point, this is apparently a baseless rumor started from someone who had some beef with the dev at some point. And it's only spiralled because people keep spreading this info to new people who then just rinse and repeated what they hear because they're all new.

I can't find the link but it's on the lemmy blog. So it's best not to spread the info based on what you hear in the comments anyway. Lemmy is fine as long as you like the software. The best way to not support them is by not donating or something. That's all they get from it. Let them be tankies if they are, and distance yourself from the core instances.

kbin is newer but in my opinion the better interface. And if I stick around it will only get better!

I'd say Beehaw is the fediverse for your kids. let them be soft and kind and ban curse words.

You're safe with lemmy or kbin, probably. Just live with some growing pains for a month or two.

@admiral_muffin @PlutoniumAcid

Packopus, 10 months ago

@QuestioningEspecialy Take my upvote, I have nothing else to contribute but I like what you said!

@Lengsel

Packopus, 10 months ago

@Lengsel On reddit, it was mainly a pre-requisite for who could post or comment. You needed an account with at least X karma to contribute. This would make it easier for mods to ensure quality content, or at least those that put in effort in lower-bar subs before making their way to start a thread to certain subs.

Here, maybe one day, when bots are more of a thing (so, next week), it can be a way to at least prevent some spam, some lesser content, and brand-new accounts from contaminating the masses.

I use it to appreciate a comment with nothing to add, or disagree without having to type a mess. It also prevents me from posting something obsurd that defames me and my profile, that makes me feel like I have a lot of unpopular opinions. It's really just helpful to have a number tell you what a POS or GOD you are.

Packopus, 10 months ago

@Olgratin_Magmatoe I joined kbin.social for the same reason, yet...

@1337tux

Packopus, 10 months ago

@somethingspecial Share some if you got some! Even cross-posts. Just keep to the rules!