That seems to be the case.

Have we tried turning the universe off and on again?

Yelp is a garbage platform that abuses small businesses and manipulates reviews.

David and Goliath it ain’t.

Lots of apps have slight modifications in F-Droid. Like Telegram for instance.

The folks at F-Droid have said that Signal would certainly qualify, but Signal doesn’t want multiple channels out there. F-Droid is just honoring their wishes.

Seems like it would be better to have government buy-in to federated platforms. There are some governments that have moved their official announcements to Mastodon, which is a good start.

What the Fediverse really needs to ensure longevity is government and journalist support.

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Ever seen the discussion on a government Facebook page where they’re not legally allowed to block trolls?

I guess even a broken clock is right twice a day.

Is this the most downvoted post on Lemmy?

So… Gay dudes hooking up?

Add some green tabasco to Heinz ketchup for a little kick of flavor and spice

I can’t think of a single social media platform that hasn’t required me to search how to use it at some point. Twitter was like, “So I can send a text message to a website about what kind of soup I had for lunch? I don’t get it.” Facebook is regularly full of posts by people who don’t understand the platform. The internet itself had celebrity ads, and morning news show explainers.

The Fediverse in general does require a different way of thinking. More importantly, it requires advertising (or publicity, anyway). That is one big advantage corporate media will always have - ad money. But the Fediverse has us.

Logi CEO: “Heh, yeah, well you know, there is a rich tradition of tech companies pranking the public with silly, unexpected practical jokes on April 1.”

“But sir, it’s August.”

“Oh, well I guess that’s what makes it so unexpected, heh. Yeah. Unless you want a mouse subscription? No? Oh, just forget that I asked - that was, ah, part of the joke. Apr- August Fools!”

Reddit has that effect. I admit I was a little unhinged when I came here, but either people calm down and start acting like real human beings, or else they realize they can’t have their fun being trolls and they leave. It’s a funny thing that happens when an entire platform is centered around people, not profit. Bots and ragebait are great for stonks - they drive “engagement” and inflate MAU - so they are pervasive on every platform with shareholders.

Females? That’s so chauvinist. They prefer to be called M’ladys

Reddit isn’t really intuitive either. Most platforms have at least some learning curve. We have a great ecosystem of apps that help. I only wish a YouTuber would make a good explainer.

Here’s one for the Fediverse that I saw recently: https://youtu.be/QzYozbNneVc

Cool, I’ve heard that people love paying for access to their own content that used to be free.

This is a good time for anyone still on the site to share some Lemmy links.

Thanks. I couldn’t understand if there was a data breach that led to this or if it was just current users.