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  1. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    I really think you're talking past me here, and I don't think we're gonna get anywhere productive by continuing. Have a good one.

    I really think you're talking past me here, and I don't think we're gonna get anywhere productive by continuing. Have a good one.

    2 votes

  2. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    Okay...? What does that have to do with my point?

    Okay...? What does that have to do with my point?

    2 votes

  3. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    Hence, as I said in my comment, if not respect, they still had cultural cache, which is really the point I'm making. In 2014, Twitch had just been renamed to Twitch and YouTube was still on its...

    Hence, as I said in my comment, if not respect, they still had cultural cache, which is really the point I'm making. In 2014, Twitch had just been renamed to Twitch and YouTube was still on its ascent. Gaming outlets still mattered in the public consciousness; GamerGate does not become nearly as huge of a nightmare as it did without gaming outlets still having cultural significance.

    6 votes

  4. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    This was an event that saw a vast swathe of the online public actively pissed off at the traditional gaming outlets. So pissed off, GG is credited for the formation of the modern alt-right and is...

    This was an event that saw a vast swathe of the online public actively pissed off at the traditional gaming outlets. So pissed off, GG is credited for the formation of the modern alt-right and is seen as least partially responsible for the presidency of Donald Trump. Accelerating the decline in online gaming journalism is one of the lesser consequences of that shitshow.

    7 votes

  5. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    And I remember website hopping between spots like IGN and Kotaku. Youtubers were certainly on their way up, but the institutions were very much in play then.

    And I remember website hopping between spots like IGN and Kotaku. Youtubers were certainly on their way up, but the institutions were very much in play then.

    7 votes

  6. Comment on Gamergate but actually in ~games

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    They do nowadays, but what about 2014? The gaming outlets had magnitudes more cultural cache if not respect back then. GamerGate is a big reason why the transition in the state of affairs in...

    They do nowadays, but what about 2014? The gaming outlets had magnitudes more cultural cache if not respect back then. GamerGate is a big reason why the transition in the state of affairs in gaming journalism took place. It really was a different world back then.

    12 votes

  7. Comment on What is your Mandela effect moment? in ~movies

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    So, this came up when my girlfriend decided to share the movie with some friends, as those jokes really killed the vibe for everyone. The raunchy jokes were all pretty much added for the unrated...

    So, this came up when my girlfriend decided to share the movie with some friends, as those jokes really killed the vibe for everyone. The raunchy jokes were all pretty much added for the unrated release, which happens to be the only one released in HD, as far as we could tell.

  8. Comment on I love Tildes in ~tildes

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    Another lurker reporting in! This site is what I have wanted out of the internet for years, so I'm on here every day. In a world where mainstream social media seems hellbent on algorithmically...

    Another lurker reporting in! This site is what I have wanted out of the internet for years, so I'm on here every day. In a world where mainstream social media seems hellbent on algorithmically inducing insanity on our whole society, Tildes is sobriety and hope for a better path. We have something really good going here, and it brings me joy to see so many others agree.

    11 votes

  9. Comment on Reddit will require you to be logged in to use old.reddit.com in ~tech

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    All in all, it's just another brick in the wall Reddit's appeal largely died to me years ago. My interaction with the platform is now just lurking /r/HobbyDrama and scraping some subs into my RSS...

    All in all, it's just another brick in the wall

    Reddit's appeal largely died to me years ago. My interaction with the platform is now just lurking /r/HobbyDrama and scraping some subs into my RSS reader so I have a source of memes and local interest stuff. Of course, now that they're heavily rate-limiting RSS, I'm having to manually correct a lot more errors, so we'll see how long I decide I want to tolerate it.

    It's a shame to see what used to be my kind of social media, with a culture closer to that of forums than that of Facebook, become yet another slopfest. But it's also not the first website I've grown away from, and the fact that this place exists means I'm not alone in desiring something more meaningful. Let the bastards have their financial success and their prominence in the world, because I am perfectly capable to kicking them the fuck out of my world.

    4 votes

  10. Comment on I almost got hit by a car in ~life

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    This is a post on a personal blog website. The distinction you're making here is hard to follow.

    This is a post on a personal blog website. The distinction you're making here is hard to follow.

    32 votes

  11. Comment on Anyone else a bit unnerved by the number of visible satellites? in ~space

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    Well, my current favorite sci-fi universe, Universal Century Gundam, has the opposite of your Elysium scenario: the rich elite stubbornly remain on an Earth that is deteriorating, while the...

    Well, my current favorite sci-fi universe, Universal Century Gundam, has the opposite of your Elysium scenario: the rich elite stubbornly remain on an Earth that is deteriorating, while the numerous orbital space colonies are near overcrowded with poorer people evicted from the planet and their descendants.

    2 votes

  12. Comment on What is Mastodon for? in ~tech

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    I have some tangential thoughts, but I figure this is a good a place as any to put them down. After having left Twitter and spending some time on both Mastodon (via the .social instance) and...

    I have some tangential thoughts, but I figure this is a good a place as any to put them down. After having left Twitter and spending some time on both Mastodon (via the .social instance) and Bluesky, I've been coming to the conclusion that the microblog format is just cursed. Twitter was the most egregious, even well before the Musk era, with its algorithmic insistence on showing inflammatory crap that would ruin my day, so I initially thought the greater control offered by Mastodon and Bluesky would be what was needed to make things work for me.

    Yet, even after having spent some time curating my feeds on both platforms, there's still a lingering "Twitter-ness" about the posts I read that disappoints. Most people's short-form, pithy postings are simply not worth reading at best or actively detrimental to the mental state at worst, even if I've been more choosy with who I follow. The "defaulting to social aggression for boundary maintenance" this post touches on seems evident in every microblog platform I have been on, which ensures a general veneer of hostility that discourages good-faith participation, exasperating the structural problems even more.

    Perhaps more time spent curating my feeds could curtail these issues to my satisfaction, but there's other online spaces where the time investment seems much more fruitful. Community-oriented discussion forums like this one, where conversations are topic-based, have a signal-to-noise ratio so many orders of magnitude higher than any Twitter-like could ever hope to achieve. Then there's old-school full-size blogs, which scratch the itch of following a person while giving space for a deeper exploration of ideas and a richer reflection of the writer's personality. Compared to those, the microblogs just really aren't worth the effort.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on How are we all feeling about piracy these days? in ~movies

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    Up until a few years ago, I never pirated. Growing up, I had the attitude that I was going to be a good, moral (Christian) boy and get all my media legally. Didn't touch any torrent clients, so...

    Up until a few years ago, I never pirated. Growing up, I had the attitude that I was going to be a good, moral (Christian) boy and get all my media legally. Didn't touch any torrent clients, so any media I wanted to own I bought as discs and ripped, and I used streaming for everything else.

    Now? I've got a lot less disposable income and even less tolerance for corporate bullshit. So, I get my media legally when it's convenient to me or its an indie creator. Otherwise, I'm now perfectly happy going sailing.

    1 vote

  14. Comment on What are you no longer a fan of? in ~talk

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    I'll add my own +1000 for Stand Alone Complex.

    I'll add my own +1000 for Stand Alone Complex.

    1 vote

  15. Comment on What are some bands you regret not seeing live (or, just never had the chance to see in the first place)? in ~music

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    I remember folks on reddit discussing about how Daft Punk were absolutely going to do an Alive 2017 tour to follow up the 1997 and 2007 editions. It just made sense, right? Oh, how I wish it were...

    I remember folks on reddit discussing about how Daft Punk were absolutely going to do an Alive 2017 tour to follow up the 1997 and 2007 editions. It just made sense, right? Oh, how I wish it were true, even to this day...

  16. Comment on Bookmark management for non-technical people? in ~tech

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    Since it's articles that you're primarily wanting to sort through, have you looked at read-it-later apps? I've spun up a self-hosted instance of Wallabag for myself, and the UI it presents is...

    Since it's articles that you're primarily wanting to sort through, have you looked at read-it-later apps? I've spun up a self-hosted instance of Wallabag for myself, and the UI it presents is great for being able to sift through and then read articles in a distraction-minimal environment. There are plenty of options available in this space, so self-hosting is absolutely not a requirement.

    2 votes

  17. Comment on I'm annoyed with mundane revisionist history in ~tech

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    We're gonna have to disambiguate our euphemisms, because I thought you were talking about Hacker News initially.

    Orange Site

    We're gonna have to disambiguate our euphemisms, because I thought you were talking about Hacker News initially.

    15 votes

  18. Comment on State of the (Jelly)Fin 2026-01-06, free software for streaming media in ~tech

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    What platform/device are you trying to Chromecast from? The official app on Android has support, though I believe it's only available on the version from Google Play.

    What platform/device are you trying to Chromecast from? The official app on Android has support, though I believe it's only available on the version from Google Play.

    1 vote

  19. Comment on I'm back in ~talk

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    What if you're pretentious? Might I suggest Les Enfants Tildes?

    What if you're pretentious? Might I suggest Les Enfants Tildes?

    4 votes

  20. Comment on Youtube channel recommendations 2026 in ~tech

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    My absolute favorite YouTuber in the last year has been Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities. Feels like early days YouTube in a good way, with stories told just because Tor wanted to tell them, presented...

    My absolute favorite YouTuber in the last year has been Tor's Cabinet of Curiosities. Feels like early days YouTube in a good way, with stories told just because Tor wanted to tell them, presented with an unapologetically quirky bent.

    3 votes