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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
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Comment on What server location should I use for a VPN? in ~tech
creesch LinkWith what reason are you using a VPN if I might ask? In a lot of cases people don't seem to trust their provider, but with a lot of the VPN providers you are for the most part adding latency to...With what reason are you using a VPN if I might ask? In a lot of cases people don't seem to trust their provider, but with a lot of the VPN providers you are for the most part adding latency to your experience and effectively a second ISP. Since a VPN doesn't hide your traffic overall, it just makes you enter the internet from a differnet location.
Many big websites also track VPN endpoint ips and make it more difficult to use the website (often citing abuse coming through VPN endpoints)Choosing a specific geo location can be a genuine benefit. I know for a fact that me signing up for a service in the EU and using it in the EU often comes with less intrusive advertising bullshit people outside the EU will get. Sometimes you get that benefit by just using the service from that location, but often it is based on where you have signed up.
So, in many cases for people in first world countries using a VPN doesn't provide that much of a privacy benefit. If you have an extremely shitty internet provider who is known to do all sorts of shenanigans on their traffic a VPN can be a valid choice to simply bypass most of that. In that case the choice of VPN provider matters more than the exit node.
If you do get additional benefits then really depends on a lot of other factors, not just the location.
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Comment on A list of independent internet forums in ~tech
creesch Link ParentI wouldn't call hackernews an an independent internet forum though. It is owned by investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator.hackernews - mostly tech-centric discussion board
I wouldn't call hackernews an an independent internet forum though. It is owned by investment fund and startup incubator Y Combinator.
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Comment on A simple fix for exemplary tags - only give it to posts you disagree with in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentAs somewhat of a tangent. It is my personal believe that for a majority of people this is the case, many simply do not realize this and leave it to the reader to fill in the blanks. There are many...It takes me a long time to figure out what I think as I'm writing, I don't want the burden to fall on the recipients.
As somewhat of a tangent. It is my personal believe that for a majority of people this is the case, many simply do not realize this and leave it to the reader to fill in the blanks. There are many times where I've had conversations with people where it is clear, to me anyway, that there is actually more context to what they are saying which they haven't arrived at yet themselves.
That's not to say that I automatically appreciate longer comments. For example, unstructured thought streams or comments that are just a practice in grandiloquent writing are my least favorite comments to encounter. Both are difficult to parse and certainly the latter is often not written to be read but to impress.
But, long comments where thought and care is put in their structure and the message I do appreciate. It gives me a better frame of reference to reply to if I am so inclined and in the end often lead to more efficiënt conversation in an online environment as it reduces the back and forth you otherwise get.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentYeah that's fair, I just looked it up and it would be roughly 30000 request for me. That would be a bit much. There probably is a library out there you can use and it should be good enough for...Yeah, I thought about it - but I didn't want to make so many requests.
Yeah that's fair, I just looked it up and it would be roughly 30000 request for me. That would be a bit much.
I think a smarter(?) way would be to reverse the HTML back into markdown.
There probably is a library out there you can use and it should be good enough for most comments. I should note, I recently discovered that you can use html comments
<!-- text here -->on tildes and they are never shown. They will only show up when you edit a comment or view the source of one.I have been meaning to ask Deimos if that is intentional or a side effect. I don't imagine many people have important text hidden in their comments though :D
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentSeems like you are not downloading the markdown for comments. There is actually a endpoint for that since you can request to view the markdown source of comments through the little "more..."...Seems like you are not downloading the markdown for comments. There is actually a endpoint for that since you can request to view the markdown source of comments through the little "more..." button on them.
for example for your comment it will then call the following
https://tildes.net/api/web/comments/ifd7?ic-request=true&ic-element-name=markdown-source&ic-id=255&ic-trigger-name=markdown-source&_method=GETThat would allow downloading of all comments in their markdown format.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
creesch Link ParentTo be clear, I am not talking about absolute safe spaces. I am talking about respecting and recognizing that some conversations you simply have nothing of value to add from the outside. I guess,...To be clear, I am not talking about absolute safe spaces. I am talking about respecting and recognizing that some conversations you simply have nothing of value to add from the outside. I guess, respecting the room.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentPersonally I just use a code editor like vscode if I am just writing notes and do raw markdown with just the highlighting that comes with the editor.Personally I just use a code editor like vscode if I am just writing notes and do raw markdown with just the highlighting that comes with the editor.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentI think you are still glossing over what I am trying to say. Yes, posts like these might be somewhat overblown, but there is still a lead up of events to them. Part of that is actual issues people...I think you are still glossing over what I am trying to say. Yes, posts like these might be somewhat overblown, but there is still a lead up of events to them. Part of that is actual issues people are experiencing and tried to talk about.
I'd invite you to follow the link to my other comment and the two links I put in there. It is a bit of a long read but it is context worth considering imho. Since by labeling it all as silly you are being dismissive of that as well.
These posts arent good for the community.
Well, as I said not talking about things in a community is sure way to cause more issues. If anything Deimos his post have made people realize they shouldn't take this space for granted. I wish people would actually make posts more along the lines of "okay, the site isn't changing but do we as a community want to be more aware of things and how would we do that?". But lacking that angle this topic comes fairly close and at least gets people talking about it.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentHave you something like cloud storage syncing with your harddrive? I'd start by just making a writing directory and put your stuff in there with the .md extension. That way anything that supports...I would like to figure out a way to save some of the writings on movies I’ve made here but I’m not techy enough for that.
Have you something like cloud storage syncing with your harddrive? I'd start by just making a writing directory and put your stuff in there with the
.mdextension. That way anything that supports markdown (Which is the formatting tildes uses) will be able to read it at some point. That would be either obsidian or some other note taking application that support markdown. -
Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentIt isn't going anywhere from a technical perspective. You are entirely right there. That doesn't mean that everything is all fine and dandy either either. Which is what makes your comment sound...The site isn't going anywhere and there's no reason to panic or to plan alternatives etc... its absolutely silly. All this does is create unnecessary panic and noise.
It isn't going anywhere from a technical perspective. You are entirely right there. That doesn't mean that everything is all fine and dandy either either. Which is what makes your comment sound dismissive or at the very least somewhat oblivious to various signals.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
creesch Link ParentI think you misread what I meant. While I largely agree with your overall assessment in relation to the internet as whole. On Tildes specifically these space were more active in the past and I...I think you misread what I meant. While I largely agree with your overall assessment in relation to the internet as whole. On Tildes specifically these space were more active in the past and I have noticed that they have slowed down.
I love Tildes, but it certainly feel like a softer, more conversational HackerNews at most times.
I also agree with this. But that is also overall a more recent movement. While always have tech folks around, it didn't use to be this dominant on Tildes.
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Comment on I'm not ready to let this place go in ~tildes
creesch (edited )LinkTo go against the grain, I hope that we as a community are still able to change a little wherever it is needed. I must sound like a broken record by now. But the post of Deimos came after two...- Exemplary
You’re all right. I hope that Tildes won’t change. I certainly won’t, I’ll stay here, and I hope we’ll have many more years together. This entire thing just dredged up memories of losing online spaces before, and… well, you can imagine the rest. Love y’all.
To go against the grain, I hope that we as a community are still able to change a little wherever it is needed. I must sound like a broken record by now. But the post of Deimos came after two other posts where people asked for features which, while in itself maybe not a good idea, had a reason for the request behind them.
Tildes as a technical platform isn't changing. But as a community, we do need to be aware of others and not just see it from our selfish personal level of "I don't think things need to change because I like it now" while ignoring issues others are having.
If people refuse to change it is stagnation and that is a recipe for what you fear for.
To be clear, I also would like Tildes to stick around for a long time. But at the same time there are always going to be issues and I do think that to some degree many people got all hung up on the the technical aspect while not really listening to the current problems being raised.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentUserscripts and extensions are already a thing, including filtering users. They are talked about extensively in the filtering topic from a few weeks ago and listed in the documentation. They In...- Exemplary
Userscripts and extensions are already a thing, including filtering users. They are talked about extensively in the filtering topic from a few weeks ago and listed in the documentation. They
In the case of filtering blocking people they are not a solution. Even for the people requesting it they are often a last resort. Extensions and userscripts can offer other neat functionality that is missing, so I still recommend you try them out I guess. But that is sort of besides the point.
"a more censored experience" is not what most people are after. in general Censorship implies suppression of speech, communication, etc. Which, technically is what happens when things are moderated in the absolute sense. But in practice equating moderation with censorship attaches a severity to the latter that frankly is unnecessary and ignores the reality of how online communities work.
Every time I hear people call moderation censorship I can't help but feel that it is a slap in the face of people actually dealing with government censorship.
Any online community will need moderation or they will just be overrun by all sorts of spam, bots, assholes, more assholes, etc, etc. The question is only how much moderation do you want/need and where do you focus. On.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
creesch Link ParentI mean, they can be both as far as I am concerned. To be frank, even if they are "just" topics. If you as a man find yourself in the ~life.women topic where women are sharing experiences about not...seem to interpret the groups as topics, while others, including many in-crowd users, interpret them as communities.
I mean, they can be both as far as I am concerned. To be frank, even if they are "just" topics. If you as a man find yourself in the ~life.women topic where women are sharing experiences about not being to do something. Then maybe it is just not all that cool to start mansplaining why things are the way they are.
If people then give a strong signal of "hey, we do see this as a community for us", there are two options. Respect the request, or start talking technicalities about it technically being a topic. In my mind it is a no brainer.As I have said elsewhere as well, if someone tells something about their experiences in life you probably don't want to it as something that needs correcting. Most people get annoyed by that, some groups just have to deal with it more often making it more exhausting.
If anything I do see a split between people getting hung up on what the technical specifications say versus what in practice has happened.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
creesch Link ParentOh for sure, this isn't a new thing. For TaylorSwiftsPickles it was basically a hail mary just trying one last thing because I know she was already considering leaving for a longer time. In fact,...Oh for sure, this isn't a new thing. For TaylorSwiftsPickles it was basically a hail mary just trying one last thing because I know she was already considering leaving for a longer time.
In fact, I realized earlier today that a lot of the regular people (good people imho) I would have seen on these discussions in the past simply were not there this week.
And yes, people come and go in online communities. But even as someone who is not in the affected groups myself I have noticed Tildes becoming a bit less diverse lately. Simply looking at the topics alone there is a lot more "tech" and "tech adjacent" topics compared to other ones. Just to double check I went over the groups now and this really seems to be the case. Even food has basically a tech related story (sort of) as the last post that barely is about food.
Honestly also makes me wonder where all other non tech people went online.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentLemmy in general not. But beehaw, a lemmy instance very much originated from a group of people here. As such it is a spinoff of sorts. Not in the sense that it tries to be Tildes from a technical...Lemmy in general not. But beehaw, a lemmy instance very much originated from a group of people here. As such it is a spinoff of sorts. Not in the sense that it tries to be Tildes from a technical perspective but that the founders came from here.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentI honestly have no clue what you mean with this. I can guess but you are using a bunch of word in succession there that in the modern day political climate have lost all meaning as depending on...it seemed like an overmoderated (western) leftist safe space
I honestly have no clue what you mean with this. I can guess but you are using a bunch of word in succession there that in the modern day political climate have lost all meaning as depending on who you ask they have extremely different meaning.
Personally speaking, I like communities who have put thought and effort into what they want to be, what they stand for and how they try to achieve that. Frankly, also why I was drawn to Tildes as Deimos put in similar effort in the docs you can find in the footer below.
As far as moderation goes. Tildes gets away with relatively light moderation because people can't easily sign up. People need to be invited where there already is some selection happening (some would already call this pretty heavy moderation in a sense). Even to those who simply got handed an invite will be less likely to go against the rail, simply because there is an actual cost to loosing your account as you can't simply make a new one.
Beehaw is a lemmy instance, meaning they are federated with the rest of the internet by default. Which also means that they have no gate or moat as Tildes does. This by extension means that more moderation will be needed.
Moderation is one of these topics where many people who have not been involved with moderating communities simply don't realize how much of it is needed if signup is open. Often the difference between perceived over moderation and not is not even the amount of moderation but how visible it is. Whole different discussion though.
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Comment on Is there any interest in building a Tildes successor? in ~tildes
creesch Link ParentYes, but also no. Before reddit took over and people just started making subreddits you had people self hosting forums. That is still possible and from experience not as big of a monster from a...ut trying to spin up a whole social media site is a bigger monster than most people realize.
Yes, but also no. Before reddit took over and people just started making subreddits you had people self hosting forums. That is still possible and from experience not as big of a monster from a technical perspective. Moderation is a different issue and can be a challenge, no doubt about that. But if you are not after a huge user base and go for slowish growth quite reasonable to keep up with.
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Comment on Waving goodbye, carrying my bundle on a stick in ~talk
creesch Link ParentI have been here for a long time as well. Some of them are certainly opt out, I think some are opt in. Regardless, it is possible to adjust your preferences.I have been here for a long time as well. Some of them are certainly opt out, I think some are opt in.
Regardless, it is possible to adjust your preferences.
Already asked and answered in this chain ;)