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@Warped@kbin.social

Here to try and be social. Very strange as I'm not in real life. A bloke getting on in age, who has been round the block. Mentally, I may be ill, but I'm not as sick as those in charge of us. Let's laugh, or at least make fun of the idiots. Mostly here for fun, whatever that means?

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Thanks for all the work you do, and I hope you find it rewarding. Most of all, look after yourself mentally and physically. The same goes for the whole team.

The fact you are being transparent and honest about your work and plans for the future, is a huge bonus. Even admitting to setback and problems, is refreshing. I certainly don't expect a super human running the show, and everything to be perfect. If anything, that would make me question the place and avoid it. So many places talk rubbish, spewing out a word salad, but actually say nothing. Even worse, they say one thing and do the precise opposite. You come across as .... well, the total opposite of Spez and those running Deaditt.

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Elton Muskrat forgot to pay the bills again.

I don't think we should strive to have as big a userbase as reddit.

Many of us have seen it happening in the last 4-5 years. reddit subs, and reddit in general has become a bit s***. Of course there are still good subs, especially the truly niche ones can often have a small helpful crowd. But with 100s of thousands of users, some sub drown in hate and negativity....

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Quality over quantity is what should be aimed for. The internet evolves and social sites get to a point of imploding. For whatever reason, and people then move onto something else. Some of us can remember BBS and IRC.

Each place shouldn't set out to be the previous sites' replacement. It should take what worked, the good parts, and build on them. Mix them with something new, and experiment. This way, you are not directly competing with the competition, but are close enough to draw some people away from the older websites.

Everything gets too big, too popular. It happens. Reddit was at its best 7 to 10 years ago. It's well past its best before date. It has gone mouldy, started to smell, and taste funny. Time to chuck it out.

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Don't shoot until you see the white of their eyes. Or they repost and spam the place.

I welcome all newbies, so long as they are human. Dated an alien once, she was from X-R/3DY. A cold planet, just like her.

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A majority can't even be bothered to post anything in their magazines.

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They have various alt accounts, if I recall correctly. Before closing my account on Reddit, and this drama happening, I am sure she mentioned opening an account on Beehaw.

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I can barely speak my native language of English. But I am fluent in sarcasm and cynicism. I would become tired and bored with adding some kind of trigger warning on every post.

Maybe we need to revert to old forum posts, and include a signature like the good 'ol days? Mine might say;

"In order to insult me, I must first value your opinion. No chance of that happening."

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I did work for a company who ran various care homes across the country. Some for people with ill health, some just for old age. The changes care homes were having to adapt to was interesting. Not only more openly gay relationships, various different religions, etc... But also a vastly different array of hobbies, and that for some included gaming. This meant care homes having to upgrade internet/wifi, and many other adaptions. Some used handheld games machines, or mobile phones. A couple had PCs. I don't recall seeing any Mac's. A few had games machines. One elderly lady adored her original Gameboy. So it does take all sorts.

Now I'm the same age as you, so I can recall growing up and 99% of girls at school just switched off at talk of the latest game for the Spectrum 48k. We would get called geek, and other names. To a point, the stereotype will stick with some people as they grow up. But I find many, regardless of gender, do or will play games. Even if it's some form of Snake of their phone. Or maybe board games. It's all about having fun, pure and simple. Maybe they have fun in other ways. Maybe you're not compatible? I have always had the rules that a future partner would need to enjoy games at some level, mobile phone, board games, card games, etc... Have to own books and read. Have a love of music. Beyond that, it's negotiable.

So an age limit on games, nah!

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I do adore a cover version that brings something new to the song;

Orkestra Obsolete play Blue Monday

Gotye - Somebody that I used to know - Dutch choir

Not quite a cover, but more of inspiration taken from Paper Planes - 'Paper Plates' by Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer

Brass Against cover Sabotage

Lorde - In The Air Tonight

Umbrella - Manic Street Preachers

Aurora - Life On Mars

Faith No More - Easy

Toy Dolls - Nellie The Elephant

Siouxsie And The Banshees - The Passenger and Dear Prudence

Cornershop perform Norwegian Wood

I could go on for ages. Might add some more later. Hope somebody enjoys at least some of these?

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I hope this is a bug, as my avatar looks so fat. It is playing with my frail ego.

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Any new platform is going to have a learning curve, some more than others. But it's going to be as confusing or tricky as you want to make it. If you want to join and read every small detail about the inner workings, that's fine, but you may find blood leaking from your ears rather quickly. Just jump in, and get involved. That is the best and easiest way to learn. Yes, you may make some mistakes, or have to ask questions. But if people mock you for this, then you know the place you have joined isn't for you. As it's full of idiots.

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Size isn't everything. I bet you have heard that before?

Actually, Reddit is too big. Go back ten years, then it was a good size. Before the tons of spam, reposts, onlyfans, owners hell-bent on turning Reddit into some Twitter freak shit show.

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The magazines are growing faster than the content to fill them. I have lost count of the magazines I have gone to subscribe too, only to find no content. Hopefully this will change.

I am trying to stay well clear of magazines that keep mentioning Reddit. Science, sci-fi, mechanical keyboards, retro games, etc... have all been mentioned.

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Hopefully the porn bots will stay on Reddit.

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Possibly a good idea, but I'm sure someone can moderate many magazines well? I just have never seen it, specially when talking about subs on Reddit. I guess limiting the amount of magazines you control is easier than generating some kind of way of removing them after an abuse of power?

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I burnt my penis on a radiator. I ended up getting lucky, and after fell asleep with the woman in her bed. Woke up, and in my sleepy state walked into the radiator whilst naked. Woke her, and her two roommates, up with my swearing. It took a good few weeks for things to go back to normal.

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It has to be some form of portmanteau. Rexit is the obvious one. But it could be retreatit or redreat. Possibly a rexpiration or revacuation. Rexpiry. Redeath. Redemise. Rextinction. Rextermination. RIP Reddit

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Surely, the moment you posted this thread, your own title became a lie?

OC Welcome to /m/chat!

Hello all! I've decided to start this community in order to create a space on kbin where people can chat about things they might not feel fit anywhere else. Discussion here can include topics that do fit elsewhere, however. The main goal of chat is to create a general social space for people to freely and safely communicate...

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Hello all, so what is it we are going to chat aboot then? How the colour yellow is rubbish in comparison to red? Are farts hilarious? Is banter the same as chat? Why did I not correct my spelling mistake?

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I love moths.

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It wouldn't surprise me. For some years, it has looked like they are gearing up to sell the site. With the latest idiotic rule change, it kind of confirms that. They are wanting to do anything that drives more users through their official website or app. Inflate users figures and price asked for Reddit goes up. Next step is to block ad blockers so more ad revenue? Who knows?

Didn't they use similar tactics to start Reddit? Bots, buzzwords, etc... to make the site look like it was busy?

Any serious investor/buyer must be concerned about recent activity. Unless you're someone like Musk. Maybe that's the plan, he will buy Reddit as well and combine it with Twitter, and create Twittit.

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Seeing friends get older, have kids, and them growing up. Older tech. Old news stories. It all does very little to me. Until we reach music. I am a huge music lover, and relate music to so many things in my life. Many songs will trigger something, maybe the gig I was at, a relationship, a location, etc... That really gets me. In my head, I still think I'm in my mid-twenties or something like that. Putting memories into a historic timeline in my head is almost impossible, apparently this is related to ADHD related. Soon as a song comes on, I am transported. Also, my mind is pretty good at remembering details like the album it's from, artist, chart position, year, etc... when i struggle with retaining any other information.

/kbin - Sunny June Announcement

Hi everyone, it seems that we have quite a gathering here, and many of you I haven't had the chance to greet yet :) As some of you may know, /kbin is still in its early stages of development. Every day, improvements and new features are being worked on. Unfortunately, this may result in occasional short downtimes. However, the...

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A one of the many new invaders/users/refugees* I can only say a huge thank you for all the hard work. After lurking around the Fediverse, I settled here, simple because it suited me best. It certainly seemed more welcoming. The recent changes at Reddit gave me the push I needed to pick a new digital home. Whilst this place is still growing and improving, may need features added, etc... The foundations seem strong. Not just from the design aspect, but the users as well.

So thanks, keep up the good work. But don't wreck yourself doing it.

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    I love it, but for some reason in my head they were Beehordes. No idea why?

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    I'm in England, Essex. That's east of London. Stuck between two cities in a rural setting.

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