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    2. Bluesky is down (at least for me)

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      I noticed bluesky is down. I haven't seen news about this yet so I wonder if it is just a temporary tech problem or a DOS. I'm getting this error or an error about rate limiting: Hmm, some kind of...

      I noticed bluesky is down.

      I haven't seen news about this yet so I wonder if it is just a temporary tech problem or a DOS.

      I'm getting this error or an error about rate limiting:

      Hmm, some kind of issue occurred when contacting the feed server. Please let the feed owner know about this issue.
      Message from server: Upstream server responded with a 503 error

      9 votes

    30. Youtube channel recommendations 2026

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      Previously Tildes have had a few discussions on good quality Youtube channels one, two, but I couldn’t find a recent discussion. I would be interested in peoples recommendations! Personally I...

      Previously Tildes have had a few discussions on good quality Youtube channels one, two, but I couldn’t find a recent discussion.
      I would be interested in peoples recommendations!
      Personally I would like to get recommendations for intermediate/harder science or engineering videos. Most are too basic, or very dry lecture based. I know a few good ones like:

      • 3blue1brown
      • Smarter every day
      • Looking Glass Universe

      But I would like to know other people’s favourites (including non science ones)!

      65 votes

    46. Strange YouTube watch-tracking behavior

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      Just looking for some indication that I'm not going a bit crazy here, but does anyone else get shown videos they've never seen before, indicating that the video has been partially watched? It...

      Just looking for some indication that I'm not going a bit crazy here, but does anyone else get shown videos they've never seen before, indicating that the video has been partially watched?

      It seems to be just on search results and recommendations and it picks random points in the video to be kick-off points for continuing.

      If anyone has an explanation that'd be appreciated, as it almost feels like my watch history is getting mixed up with someone else's.

      26 votes

    50. Posts vs. comments. Where do you fall and why?

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      I'd say that on Tildes as on other platforms, you see a lot more posts responding to a topic than you see comments on existing posts. I get it. Responding to a prompt with a thoughtful, top-level...

      I'd say that on Tildes as on other platforms, you see a lot more posts responding to a topic than you see comments on existing posts.

      I get it. Responding to a prompt with a thoughtful, top-level comment is expressive, can often be therapeutic and comes with the bonus of possible comments by others on your entry.

      Comments on existing thoughts are less sexy and possibly less fulfilling because you're riffing off of another person's idea, but as a reader and a community member, seeing user to user interaction is the best part of a social network.

      I'm a perennial commenter - at best because I love conversation, at worst, with the hope that I can digress from the mainline conversation.

      Where do you fall?

      *Edit: I've just learned the difference in terminology between a top level comment and a comment. Edited to avoid confusion.

      21 votes