There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.
Whelp, time to pack up I guess. Mastodon is the biggest player in the fediverse right now, so if Meta EEE's us then the fediverse as a concept is doomed.
I agree, but I also think that porn should still be welcome here. The issue is there needs to be better control over it entering the feeds, not that the communities themselves should be abolished.
Oh duh I always hated the names of those subs. The only thing worse are subs like InterestingAsFuck and NextFuckingLevel which always gave the same vibes as a Watchmojo video.
AAVE is a good example of this. Despite being branded as "street talk" or even "black people are too dumb to speak proper English" by racists, a lot of the so-called "mistakes" are actually just following grammar rules consistent with a variety of African languages, that held over after slaves were forced to speak English.
One thing I've been wondering about is that since English is the main language used on the Internet and in international communication, and the replacement rate of wealthier white people in countries like the US and Canada is a lot lower than poorer Spanish, Chinese, etc. speaking immigrants, will English eventually end up like Latin where it splits and evolves into many separate languages while the original thing is only really used in formal/intellectual settings?
How the fuck do you think language evolves? People say what sounds better or is more convenient. If they didn't we would still be speaking like Shakespeare or have a dozen different conjugations for every use of a word.
Kbin stands out a bit because it's not just trying to be a "reddit alternative" like Lemmy, but also uniting it with features from Mastodon like microblogging. It honestly feels better suited what the "fediverse" was trying to accomplish.
A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.
In a phone call, Trump tried to pressure Arizona's governor to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump then asked his vice president to repeatedly follow up.
I got some polish, but I don't really have any idea how to use it and my first attempt was messy and looked terrible. How exactly do I do it, and what would I need?
From the CEO of Mastodon: What to know about Threads (blog.joinmastodon.org)
There’s been a lot of speculation around what Threads will be and what it means for Mastodon. We’ve put together some of the most common questions and our responses based on what was launched today.
OC tired of seeing people say stuff like this
OC Rule go spinny
What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy?
i can’t stand megathreads – no one reads these! no one wants their posts banished there!
'Don't use AI detectors for anything important,' says the author of the definitive 'AI Weirdness' blog. Her own book failed the test (fortune.com)
"If you spell it out kind of clearly, it becomes so obvious that these tools have problems," Janelle Shane told Fortune in an interview.
Vietnam bans Barbie film over disputed map of China’s South China Sea claims (www.theguardian.com)
If bad memes were a crime Id be Pablo Escobar (lemmy.world)
Kbin user Rabbithole@kbin.social discusses why Kbin stands a much better chance of staying in the long term compared to other websites like VOAT and Ruqqus. (kbin.social)
New, Conservative Push To Weaken Child Labor Protections Is Gaining Steam (talkingpointsmemo.com)
A movement to weaken American child labor protections at the state level began in 2022. By June 2023, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey and New Hampshire had enacted this kind of legislation, and lawmakers in at least another eight states had introduced similar measures.
Trump pressured Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to overturn 2020 election (www.washingtonpost.com)
In a phone call, Trump tried to pressure Arizona's governor to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump then asked his vice president to repeatedly follow up.
Rule (i.imgur.com)
They finally did it: Reddit made it impossible for blind Redditors to moderate their own sub (www.reddit.com)
The Reddit moderators who coordinate many celebrity AMAs will no longer do so (www.theverge.com)
July first really finna be the end of the net huh (lemmy.world)
Never painted my nails before because parents and stuff, but I've always wanted to, so how do I start?
I got some polish, but I don't really have any idea how to use it and my first attempt was messy and looked terrible. How exactly do I do it, and what would I need?