While I was asleep, apparently the site was hacked. Luckily, (big) part of the lemmy.world team is in US, and some early birds in EU also helped mitigate this....
It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time....
I’ve been eyeballing this thing for years and finally decided it was time. Sold a bunch of old anime stuff I wasn’t into anymore and got something awesome....
I barely use reddit anymore save for porn and niche subs but after that glorious app I had used for ages finally died a few days ago I felt devastated. it was like losing an old friend. I hope reddit dies an even slower and more painful death
Just got this bad boy yesterday and I’m like a kid at Christmas! 😄 The delight I felt firing up my old love, Desert Strike… Goosebumps! Seriously impressed with this bit of kit, and I’m enjoying exploring the options as much as the many many games! The effort put in by the community with GarlicOS and the ROM packs is...
Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx...
Attached: 2 images This is hilarious. It appears that Twitter is DDOSing itself. The Twitter home feed's been down for most of this morning. Even though nothing loads, the Twitter website never stops trying and trying. In the first video, notice the error message that I'm being rate limited. Then notice the jiggling scrollbar on...
The moderators of Reddit’s IAmA community are significantly reducing the amount of work they do to help solicit and coordinate AMAs with celebrities and high-profile individuals.
Small interruption (discuss.tchncs.de)
Crackers. (lemmy.world)
Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Post (www.smbc-comics.com)
www.smbc-comics.com/comic/post
Dutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitter (lemmy.world)
@beheerder
Lemmy.world (and some others) were hacked
While I was asleep, apparently the site was hacked. Luckily, (big) part of the lemmy.world team is in US, and some early birds in EU also helped mitigate this....
It's so much easier to comment on Lemmy because it isn't a toxic cesspool waiting to tear you apart
It feels like people are a lot nicer here than on Twitter and Reddit, and even when people disagree, it’s generally civil and not an all-out flame war. Also, there’s no algorithm promoting outrage all the time....
On lemming now (lemmy.world)
Sweet twist! (lemmy.world)
complacency rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Credit: pizzacakecomic.com
I got a Swordfish. I couldn't resist. (lemmy.world)
I’ve been eyeballing this thing for years and finally decided it was time. Sold a bunch of old anime stuff I wasn’t into anymore and got something awesome....
Lemmy.world status update 2023-07-05
Another day, another update....
The death of Sync for Reddit is what has made me join Lemmy
I barely use reddit anymore save for porn and niche subs but after that glorious app I had used for ages finally died a few days ago I felt devastated. it was like losing an old friend. I hope reddit dies an even slower and more painful death
Someone in the comments requested A Life Aquatic (lemmy.world)
Bowie is Steve Zissou (appropriate given the soundtrack)
Vietnam bans Barbie film over disputed map of China’s South China Sea claims (www.theguardian.com)
RG35XX - This is amazing! (lemmy.world)
Just got this bad boy yesterday and I’m like a kid at Christmas! 😄 The delight I felt firing up my old love, Desert Strike… Goosebumps! Seriously impressed with this bit of kit, and I’m enjoying exploring the options as much as the many many games! The effort put in by the community with GarlicOS and the ROM packs is...
Bluesky temporarily halts sign-ups because so many people are joining from Twitter (www.theverge.com)
Bluesky, a decentralized Twitter-like social network, is pausing new signups “temporarily” to try and resolve performance issues it’s been experiencing after Twitter introduced limits on the amount of tweets you can see in a day. Even though you still need an invite code to be able to join Bluesky, it seems that the influx...
It appears that Twitter is DDOSing itself. (sfba.social)
Attached: 2 images This is hilarious. It appears that Twitter is DDOSing itself. The Twitter home feed's been down for most of this morning. Even though nothing loads, the Twitter website never stops trying and trying. In the first video, notice the error message that I'm being rate limited. Then notice the jiggling scrollbar on...
glug glug (lemmy.world)
Are we gonna make a big difference after this migration?
Does everybody thinks that this migration is gonna change peoples mind about not using Reddit anymore ? Here’s hoping.
The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so (www.theverge.com)
The moderators of Reddit’s IAmA community are significantly reducing the amount of work they do to help solicit and coordinate AMAs with celebrities and high-profile individuals.
Tom Scott’s channel will stop six months from now (youtu.be)
Tom Scott will post 26 more videos before taking a break after 10 years of weekly content.
rule (lemmy.world)
They finally did it: Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub (www.reddit.com)
July first really finna be the end of the net huh (lemmy.world)
Fidelity deepens valuation cut for Reddit and Discord (techcrunch.com)