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Some thoughts from this Loops user on why the Fediverse matters. I’ve seen some people push back on the idea of “It’s like email, but for X”, but that way of explaining it really makes sense to me.
I agree with the thesis that centralization is bad. Centralization breeds concentration of power, and power corrupts, or something like that
Tags are coming soon, which I think would be equivalent:
In general, I think communities shouldn’t splinter until there’s a need. IMO both efforts should just use !fedigrow@lemm.ee, and title posts in a way that makes the distinction clear. They’re both about growing the Fediverse in the end. If and when it becomes too much to keep in the same comm, then you’d split it up. That’s just my opinion as an internet rando though 🤷
This meme is old enough to drink in the US
On Linux there’s https://github.com/tesseract-ocr/tesseract, which is FOSS. There’s several Android apps on f-droid that use it:
I threw in $10. I’ve definitely gotten that much use out of Loops so far, even in beta. Here’s hoping it takes off like Pixelfed did 🤞
I’m not saying that leaving an instance unblocked means you’re in favor of them, to be clear. My response was only addressing the issue of achieving a “normie” experience.
Kind of a silly question, but asked honestly: How much do you think the name “communick” matters when trying to convince “normies” to try it out? Would they see that, read it as a play on “Communist”, and assume it’s only for extremists or whatever?
At a minimum, you’d want to find an instance that blocks lemmygrad.ml and hexbear.net. lemmy.world already blocks both of those though. The next instance you’d probably want to block is lemmy.ml, which not many other instances do. beehaw.org does, but also blocks lemmy.world, which cuts out a lot of the threadiverse.
If you felt like it, you could explain how to do instance blocking on your user profile. That might be too much for people that don’t really care either way and just want stuff to work, though.
@Blaze@feddit.org might also have opinions on this, having spent a lot of time over on Reddit convincing people to try out Lemmy
Some background on this comic:
Transcript:
In a Danish book version of The Far Side, the caption on this cartoon was changed from “Louie, Louie” to “Singing in the Rain.”
My only guess as to why they did this was that “Louie, Louie” was more a national hit than international and the song just didn’t register with the Danes.
And, for all intents and purposes, “Singing in the Rain” is pretty funny.
Anyone from Denmark around to comment?
This doesn’t directly answer your question, but things would probably get very weird compared to our universe. Here’s an interactive visualization of a different weird universe with two time dimensions, Dichronauts by Greg Egan:
https://www.gregegan.net/DICHRONAUTS/02/Interactive.html
He really goes through the math on that site, so you might get some insight into how other topologies would look
Yeah, there’s a known bug that has the share button in the Android app pushed down too far on the main feed. You can see it if you swipe up slowly, and if you tap just above the person icon that goes to your profile page, it should activate the button
I have standing orders to invade the Hague if ever tried there
It’s like Star Wars meets speed boats
There’s a sudden influx of users from instagram and tiktok and whatnot because of the ban, zuckerberg fellating Trump, and all of that stuff going on. So the answer to “What’s getting posted?” is “everything”
In case anyone’s still checking here for recommendations, here’s a few more reasonably active communities:
- !loops@midwest.social: fun or interesting loops (i.e. TikTok/Reels/etc but better)
- !moomin@sopuli.xyz: Come see the cute characters created by Tove Jansson
- !internetisawesome@sh.itjust.works: celebrating fun and cool sites across the web
- !insanepeoplefacebook@lemmy.world: when you want to feel well-adjusted and normal, look at crazy people’s social media posts
- !cyanideandhappiness@lemm.ee: for the webcomic Cyanide & Happiness
- !thefarside@sh.itjust.works: for the comic The Far Side that we all know and love
- !curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works: the best that tumblr has to offer
- !cartographyanarchy@lemm.ee: for cartographers with nothing left to lose
- !calculators@midwest.social: for nerding out about those handy devices
- !mealtimevideos@lemmy.cafe: Not too short, not too long. Videos to last through your meal.
- !xkcd@lemmy.world: A community for a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language
- !artporn@lemm.ee: Look at some nice classic art
- !twosentencehorror@sh.itjust.works: Read the title, then read the twist
- !ancientinternet@lemmy.world: Memes from the days of yore
- !stable_diffusion_art@lemmy.dbzer0.com: See cool art created by AI
- !shortstories@literature.cafe: Cozy corner for short stories
- !science_memes@mander.xyz: A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab
- !sillynsfwart@lemmynsfw.com: Because sometimes lewd and funny go hand in hand
Some background on this comic:
Some background on this comic:
Transcript:
THE EXHIBIT
I drew a cartoon quite a few years ago entitled, “The Real Reason Dinosaurs Became Extinct.” The drawing involved a small clique of dinosaurs hanging out together and smoking cigarettes.
That cartoon stayed in my sketchbook for almost a year until, pressed for ideas one week, I dug it out and submitted it for publication. And, lo and behold, it became one of the most popular cartoons I’ve ever drawn. Obviously, if I’d had any idea of its potential impact, I never would have sat on it for as long as I did.
The following and final section of this book, however, does not include the cartoon just described—nor any cartoon from The Far Side based simply on its known popularity, which would turn this into a sort of “Hit Parade” of weird humor.
Simply put, the following cartoons are among my own personal favorites. They’re the ones that I feel best reflect something about my own attitude toward history, music, literature, art, religion, and science. (Yeah, sure they do.) I’ve rarely laughed out loud at the things I’ve drawn (I’m a little too close to the “joke” to ever be surprised), but these are the cartoons that at least made me smile inwardly. (I might mention that some favorites are in the main body of the book and are not repeated here.)
A final note: I contemplated making this last section a collection of what I consider the lousiest cartoons I’ve ever drawn, but space was limited.
It does technically federate a little, @dansup@loops.video exists. Not real federation, but I enjoy being technically correct 🤓 I do wish dansup open sourced it already so people could get a better picture of what’s going on with it, but he did say he’s actively working on federation this weekend.
It does allow third party apps like Loopy, where are you seeing that it doesn’t?