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Comment on An audacious plan to halt the Internet's enshittification - Cory Doctorow in ~tech
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Comment on Getting older and nostalgia - what do you miss? in ~talk
behold-the-triforce Link ParentMy older sister would take me to the local malls sometimes as a kid. I think she was a fan of ace of base, cause she'd almost always have some track by them playing on the way over. Peak 90s...My older sister would take me to the local malls sometimes as a kid. I think she was a fan of ace of base, cause she'd almost always have some track by them playing on the way over. Peak 90s memory for me.
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Comment on If you don't like a type of content, don't complain about it. Filter it! in ~tildes
behold-the-triforce Link ParentActually I was just thinking the other day that tildes is like a kind of upscale cafe so that gives me chuckle (in a good way) to see you using that metaphor today. Hubski seems to have a similar...Actually I was just thinking the other day that tildes is like a kind of upscale cafe so that gives me chuckle (in a good way) to see you using that metaphor today.
Hubski seems to have a similar vibe to it, but doesn't seem like many people are talking about it.
It could apply to Lemmy too, at least from the instance and content I've perused so far.
Personally, I think a party metaphor is apt for Reddit though, or maybe likening it to a bunch of different bars/pubs. You'll run into plenty of cornballs, but there's still some neat people you'll find here and there.
I suppose you're right about the generational divide. It's not like seeing that kind of mindset really irks me, but it's sad to see people give up or give in so easily.
I guess the only solution I can see is maybe give people a little encouragement, but if they double down you just have to let them be.
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Comment on If you don't like a type of content, don't complain about it. Filter it! in ~tildes
behold-the-triforce LinkFor me this also ties in with people on other platforms that complain about how other sites operate or the culture of said sites. People on Reddit complain about Lemmy/fediverse or tildes or...For me this also ties in with people on other platforms that complain about how other sites operate or the culture of said sites.
People on Reddit complain about Lemmy/fediverse or tildes or whatever else is out there and vice versa.
As the old saying goes, "When in Rome, do as the Romans do". All these communities have their own vibe.
I see people on Lemmy complain about lack of content. That's like going to a party and complaining that nobody's talking but then refusing to make any conversation yourself.
people want to replace x community with y community and complain when it's not the same. It seems like people want to go all in on one platform and get upset when it doesn't have everything they want out of it.
I'm a millennial and grew up on an internet of countless independent forums of all kinds of topics, personal homepages, web rings, you name it. A lot of those types of things still exist.
If I grew bored of one place, I found another, or drifted back and forth if a few sites together piqued my interest, regardless if the subject matter was shared between them or not. I'd end up finding something and whatever forum community etc. that I passed up kept doing things how they liked to do it.
Incoming users should definitely make use of filtering.
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Comment on Do you replay video games? in ~games
behold-the-triforce LinkI have no qualms replaying older games myself. Sometimes it's just nice to take a trip down memory lane. Or it's been long enough since the initial playthrough, it almost feels like the first time...I have no qualms replaying older games myself. Sometimes it's just nice to take a trip down memory lane. Or it's been long enough since the initial playthrough, it almost feels like the first time again.
As the industry continues to evolve, game design and trends in game design change as well and sometimes I'm just in the mood for some gaming from a specific era and/or aesthetic.
If you want a more polite term, perhaps commidifying. Or over/excessive commercializing? Something along those lines?
Enshitification I think is fine for informal discussion.
I haven't watched the video yet, but I feel the tech and tools are already in place for people to take back the web so to speak. People just need to rethink how to use existing avenues to do it.
If I were to make a web show, I might upload my videos via bittorent and use YouTube as a means to provide status updates, summary of an episode, etc. and direct people to where they can download my stuff.
Put two links in the video description. One with ads and one direct link and give people the choice to support me via clicking the ad link. And or links to PayPal, venmo, I think I've seen a site called tipjar, and so on and be transparent and tell people what ways they can support me.
Or if they can't afford it, but want to contribute somehow just help by seeding videos. I get there's alternatives to YouTube, but YouTube is still incredibly popular. My idea is instead of remaining at the sole mercy of YouTube, just use it direct traffic to your content elsewhere instead of having it directly on that site.
Before search engines were a thing, web rings were a thing and web directories like dmoz/curlie.
Lots of people upset with Google which used to have a pretty decent engine. To me it seems like all the ones I'm aware of are lackluster in one way or another, so perhaps it's time for web directories to make a comeback.
Nothing stopping anyone from getting a web host and making their own curated directory of websites. Instead of trying to cover everything like curlie, a person could focus on a specific topic.
Maybe you enjoy fishing but don't want to make your own website about it in depth, make a directory site with links to other's sites that you feel cover the subject matter well.
Or maybe a person that's tired of all the excessive ads, images, videos and what not and wants to curate a directory of minimalist text only sites about whatever. Maybe be proactive about having archive.org crawling and backing up such sites.
In turn people could trade links with different specialty directories.
I mentioned web directories because it's something I've considered doing off and on.