wildncrazyguy

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago)

Doing well! I even decided to mod a few local magazines, at least for a while; something I haven't done in a long time.

I also think we should build a community mascot for kbin! I'm trying to get that going on this post here:
https://kbin.social/m/kbinMeta/t/35975/I-m-no-artist-but-I-thought-Kbin-could-use-a#comments

wildncrazyguy, 1 year ago

Having joined in 2009, yes, I am a bit heartbroken. There were so many great things about it in those early days. It was a closer knit community, where r/all showed nearly all of the popular posts from all subreddits, so your perspective of the world was challenged. Some really great AMAs, not just from famous people. Secret Santa, witty April Fools gimmicks, annual donorschoose.org events.
I stopped using StumbleUpon when I found Reddit, and I nearly stopped popurls too.

But has others mentioned, as I grew older, the number of new subreddits I would subscribe to dwindled. r/all rarely showed a post from a smaller sub. Something about the community changed too. It became more casual, memey and jokey instead of insightful. In other words, the noise got louder than the signal. So, I mainly just stuck to /r/chess, askhistorians, geopolitics, northcarolina, and worldnews. And I rarely commented.

I was bummed when they forced me to change my own subreddit, but I kept on for many years after. Then came the removal of Secret Santa, then more and more and more profiteering. I finally gave up in March when they took away the simple little i.reddit.com and I started looking for alternatives.

Months later, I'm still heartbroken and a bit bitter. Reddit of old will always have a dear place in my heart, but I've started to make peace with moving on.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

It’s feeling a bit like 2008 all over again, the community feels smaller, more engaged and with a main sense of purpose. It’s refreshing.

I’m glad to be journeying on this spaceship with y’all.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

Kibs, as in “hello fellow kibs”

I also am partial to kanaries, as in the first to go, but maybe that’s a bit too morbid.

Once that’s settled, what do we do about a mascot?

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

And Boring and that chip-brain company.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

One of the things that I think made our exodus site so endearing is that we had a cute logo from the start. In that vein, and with many folks thinking about us collectively calling ourselves kbinauts, I thought to make a little logo with a spaceship. What do ya'll think? Can someone with more skills doctor this up?

Also, for those with their own ideas, feel free to post your own in the comments. Maybe we can settle on one and make it ours. I'd like to start seeing these logos all out in the real world one day.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

Thought I’d login one last time before bed, and I’m so glad I did. Well done, @digitallyfree.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

Submission Statement: This in-depth Youtube documentary goes into the details of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine for May 16th - 31st. It highlights key areas where Russia and Ukraine are advancing and goes over some of the various geopolitical events unfolding around the war, such as the provisions for F-16 Fighter jets to Ukraine, additional military support from the west, Hungary's blockade of EU aid, and discussion regarding the Ukrainian Counteroffensive.

wildncrazyguy, 11 months ago

Submission Statement: Foreign Adversaries are Very Unlikely to Blame for the So Called 'Havana Syndrome' that occurred amongst US and Canadian Embassy Staff. The event was more likely to have been caused by the combination of loud crickets and mass hysteria.

The podcast preludes with another even of mass hysteria that happened in the 1970s among school children in Miami and then follows with additional stories of mass hysteria around public health. It also delves into the high risks and public backlash to health experts and companies alike when calling out mass hysteria events while they unfold.