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5 votes
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Google illegally spied on workers before firing them, US labor board alleges
18 votes -
Microsoft is selling an ugly MS Paint sweater and part of the proceeds benefit Girls Who Code
8 votes -
Vimeo is not very good
(This is kind of a rant about Vimeo's website. It might be better in ~tech, or ~comp. Feel free to move it.) I've always preferred using Vimeo to YouTube for finding interesting videos because...
(This is kind of a rant about Vimeo's website. It might be better in ~tech, or ~comp. Feel free to move it.)
I've always preferred using Vimeo to YouTube for finding interesting videos because it's more oriented towards artists than people just uploading random stuff. As mentioned in the recent What Creative Projects Have You Been Working On? thread, I had some nature videos I shot of hummingbirds and wanted to upload them somewhere. My spouse had uploaded videos to Vimeo before, so I thought I'd put them there rather than YouTube because I don't like dealing with Google.
The site is a hot mess. I've hit the following problems after lightly using it for 2 days. I uploaded a single video and set it to be public:
- No way to enter keywords or tags. Searching will only find your video if you mention the search terms in your title (and maybe your description).
- Some of their own pages are broken or missing. If I go to "categories" and click on "documentary" it shows me an error message saying the page doesn't exist. If I click on "arts" or "music" I go to that category and see videos available.
- No information on how to add your video to a given category. Is it done automatically? Is it done by someone on the staff noticing and adding it? I have no idea!
- My video has gotten a few views from people here, so it is uploaded and available for anyone to see. But if I search for "hummingbird" and limit the search to videos uploaded in the last 7 days, my video is not displayed. Why not? Who knows?
- I ran the iOS app without logging in and it showed my account but said I had no videos, even though others were able to see them. Logging in shows the videos and confirms that they are set to allow anyone to view them. WTF?
- I attempted to send them a message telling them about the broken links. When you go to the help section and click on "Contact Us," you get a fake chat window that's just a bot that will pick keywords out of your question and reply with articles that don't answer your question. In fact, they even ask below each one, "Does this answer your question?" with a button for yes and nothing else. There's no way to say, "No, this was unhelpful." If you scroll to the bottom of the list of articles they recommend, there's a button to send a message to their tech support.
- I'm on the free tier, so I wasn't expecting any sort of answer to my help question, but still wanted to let them know so they could fix it. But that didn't work either. They have enough sense to copy your question from the chat bot into the tech support form (nice!) but it strips out any URLs. (Thanks! Very useful since I was trying to report a broken URL!) But it doesn't matter anyway because after you choose a category (none of which are correct) and attempt to submit your form, nothing happens. You press "Next" and the button turns into a spinner for a few seconds, and then stops and turns back into the "Next" button. Nothing appears to have been submitted, but no error is presented.
- The site is full of dark patterns. I get that they want upgrade revenue coming in, and I have no problem with that. But they do things like have a blinking icon in your video's settings for "interaction tools." These are things you can do to monetize your video, or whatever. Stuff I will never need. All the options in this section require a paid upgrade and there's no way to turn off the blinking beacon (except, I assume, by upgrading).
I was considering upgrading to their bottom-tier paid account, but after seeing how much is broken, I have to wonder if they're circling the drain? I get using chat bots and forms to make it easier for their support people, and making sure users know about ways to upgrade, but this is ridiculous. Anyone else run into this?
26 votes -
Markets are not incompatible with discrimination (2014)
2 votes -
How machine-readable content benefits everyone who publishes content online
4 votes -
Mutt releases version 2.0
16 votes -
Microsoft's 'Project Latte' aims to bring Android apps to Windows 10
7 votes -
Google Desktop (2004) - demo and retrospective
6 votes -
In pursuit of intentionality
7 votes -
How Qanon invaded moms' Facebook groups
11 votes -
What Facebook fed the baby boomers. Many Americans’ feeds are nightmares. I know because I spent weeks living inside two of them.
18 votes -
Protein folding, 2020
7 votes -
The impact of toxic influencers on communities
11 votes -
Popular pirate sites disappear from DuckDuckGo top results
25 votes -
Teddit: A privacy-friendly Reddit frontend similar to Invidious/Bibliogram/Nitter
18 votes -
Project Latte by Microsoft aims to bring Android apps to Windows and the Microsoft Store
11 votes -
Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO and visionary, dies at 46
8 votes -
Invid - iOS app for Invidious (sideloaded, no jailbreak necessary)
8 votes -
How do you think software services should be monetized?
A year ago, I asked if people would pay for social media platforms and search engines if they could guarantee no data collection and no ads (although in hindsight, I wanted to ask people for...
A year ago, I asked if people would pay for social media platforms and search engines if they could guarantee no data collection and no ads (although in hindsight, I wanted to ask people for basically all software services) and people overwhelmingly said no. Given how Facebook is dealing with the election and YouTube has taken control of monetization for the sake of more advertisements, I wonder what do people think is the right way for software makers to make money.
18 votes -
European Parliament votes for right to repair
19 votes -
Primary Lemmy instance enables federation
13 votes -
Tool for adding trigger warnings to links
6 votes -
A visit from The Great Internet Migratory Box of Electronics Junk
14 votes -
Redesigning the intubation box to better protect first responders
4 votes -
What exactly is the goop inside a lava lamp?
19 votes -
Folding@Home ARM client now available
12 votes -
Pakistan’s government uses the internet as a means of exerting control — and in a remote part of the country, citizens are starting to fight back
6 votes -
Roiled by election, Facebook struggles to balance civility and growth
12 votes -
President of Havas Canada on microservices, bad metrics, UX vs CX and more
3 votes -
YouTube Vanced: A privacy-friendly YouTube app for Android with ads and telemetry stripped out
38 votes -
What the web still is - A look at some of the positive characteristics of the current state of the web
7 votes -
'Someone's typing...': The history behind text messaging's most dreadful feature
10 votes -
Almost Wikipedia: Eight early encyclopedia projects and the mechanisms of collective action
9 votes -
Gopher, Gemini and the smol internet
21 votes -
Apple MacBook iFixit teardowns: something old, something new
13 votes -
YouTube can now place ads on all videos even if creators don’t want them
26 votes -
The Internet Archive is now emulating Flash animations, games and toys in their software collection
20 votes -
OpenStreetMap is having a moment; The billion dollar dataset next door
23 votes -
Positive Youtube channels?
What are your favorite youtube channels to watch when you're in the mood for something positive and uplifting? No genre restrictions or anything, just something that really oozes the joy and...
What are your favorite youtube channels to watch when you're in the mood for something positive and uplifting? No genre restrictions or anything, just something that really oozes the joy and passion that the creator has.
I'll throw this one out there to start: Bicycle Touring Pro. He makes wonderful, slow paced and positive documentaries about his solo and group travels on his bike around the world. If you ever want to just zone out for a moment, throw this on and you just might be inspired.
25 votes -
Suggestions for no-display laptop
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have , but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so... I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my...
This is more specific than ~talk would normally have
, but tildes doesn't have anything for shopping yet, so...I'm using my laptop right now, but I've found that for a lot of the stuff on my computer,
I don't really need a screen. I like using the terminal, and can get a lot done just typing:
no mouse or display. I think this would be great, as I already do a lot of my casual writing
and note taking my eyes closed, leaning back in a chair.What's the best machine that meets these qualifications? Basically, I just need a way to read memory
out to another drive. Battery would be a must as well.Thanks
12 votes -
Cover Your Tracks - A new EFF project designed to better uncover the tools and techniques of online trackers and test the efficacy of privacy add-ons (successor to Panopticlick)
19 votes -
What keyboard do you use?
I have been using a "Pok3r"-style 60% board I assembled with MX Browns for years. As time goes on, I'm growing increasingly tired of the limitations, like pressing three different keys to get a ~....
I have been using a "Pok3r"-style 60% board I assembled with MX Browns for years. As time goes on, I'm growing increasingly tired of the limitations, like pressing three different keys to get a ~. I use my keyboard for writing code, writing reports, and playing RTS games like Homeworld, which a 60% board is simply inadequate for doing. While I initially used VIM as my default text editor, I've moved to using VS Code, where using a function key to access arrow keys is simply absurd. So I'd love to get your set up:
What keyboard do you use?
What is your keyboard? What kind of switches? 60%, TKL, 100%? What brand do you use? Do you use a default keyboard with your system, a laptop keyboard, a gaming board, or some sort of ergonomic monstrosity?
What do you use your keyboard for?
Are you a developer? Are you a gamer? Do you write? What are your primary use cases?
26 votes -
Credit-based communication platforms?
Does anyone know of any communication platforms [1] which use a credit system or have a 'cost' attached to actions such as making a post or commenting? I am imagining something like Reddit or a...
Does anyone know of any communication platforms [1] which use a credit system or have a 'cost' attached to actions such as making a post or commenting? I am imagining something like Reddit or a forum where users have a balance, and actions have a cost which is charged against that balance. So if I have 100 credits and posting in r/whatever costs 2 credits/post and 1 credit/comment then that limits the amount of interaction in that sub.
I am wondering if a cost system like this would be useful for moderation or to promote high-value content, since it effectively turns the platform into a market. One effect of this system is that it would discourage low-value posts/replies/comments, because there is a cost associated with making a post, namely opportunity cost of posting something else later. Perhaps the credits are purchased with real-world currency, which I assume would amplify this effect?
I imagine a sustainable system would have some way to reward users of high-value content with more credit so they are incentivised and able to produce more content: maybe upvotes count as credit, or users can donate credit to each other?
[1] I hope this term is vague enough to encompass all forms of modern digital communication. I am curious about direct communication (email, WhatsApp, ...) as well as social media in its various forms (Reddit, Tildes, Twitter, ...), niche platforms (Letter), wikis, fora, and anything else under the sun.
12 votes -
The iPhone 12 Pro Max: Real pro photography
13 votes -
Librem 5 mass production phone has begun shipping
Announcement Details on the phone itself (Both are the same, the USA refers to supply chain): Libram 5 - $799 Libram 5 USA - $1999 I think it's quite a tell about how much our electronics are...
Details on the phone itself (Both are the same, the USA refers to supply chain):
Libram 5 - $799
Libram 5 USA - $1999I think it's quite a tell about how much our electronics are subsidized by sourcing from inordinately cheap labor compared to the (mostly) German/USA labor for the USA phone.
PureOS itself looks like it could be a decent entrant to breaking the mobile duopoly. The only sticking point for me would be various applications that don't offer browser options (read: 2 factor authentication apps).
12 votes -
YouTube Terms of Service updated with the “right to monetize”
26 votes -
Verizon 5G DSS isn't the 5G you want
9 votes -
Librem 5 mass production phone has begun shipping
9 votes -
Apple will reduce App Store commission to 15% for small businesses earning up to $1 million per year, starting January 1, 2021
16 votes