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Alive and well as @Gamera8ID@kaijus.us!
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I'm experiencing similar things:
- Posts made here not appearing on other federated instances
- Posts made by other federated instances disappearing or never appearing in communities here
I've checked with alt accounts created on lemm.ee and sh.itjust.works which are subscribed to the same communities.
@ruud@lemmy.world Is there a federation issue?
Edit: I think this is a problem with all communities on lemmy.ml. I'm new to the fediverse concept, but the issue seems to specifically be with them.
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Lemmy.world has been acting strangely since yesterday's upgrade, and has also been getting hugged by Reddit refugees.
I think it's having issues right now seeing posts elsewhere in the fediverse, and sharing posts made on lemmy.world with other servers.
Using an alternate account on lemm.ee I can see a lot of lemmy.ml posts in here that aren't visible on lemmy.world, and none of those instances seem to be defederated from each other.
I expect it's just growing pains and will be resolved soon.
tl;dr You might want to make an alt.
www.nytimes.com
Lots of AI news, which suits me. While [UnderUnderstood](https://underunderstood.com/podcast/) feels more like the spiritual successor to Gimlet's Reply All, the co-hosts of Hard Fork (Kevin Roose and Casey Newton) banter in a way that reminds me of P. J. Vogt and Alex Goldman.
I don't remember what Dan is talking about (I think it might have been gay marriage) but he says something along the lines of "Just don't oppose it. Just stand out of their way. It's literally the laziest way to be a hero." I'm not doing it justice. Does anyone remember the quote or the ep? I tried keyword searches of https://harmon.city but couldn't find it.
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If "master" unintentionally made some people uncomfortable then there's no harm in changing the default, since you can modify it if you choose.
So I was hungry and bored and a little drunk and decided to make some homemade macaroni and cheese. I found this old leather-bound book that looked like a cookbook, so I opened it and followed a recipe. Turns out it was like the Necronomicon or something and I summoned a demon. He’s sitting on my couch right now being a dick, watching Netflix and drinking my beer. He won't leave and says he's going to take my soul unless I make him the world's best mac and cheese. I have a box of crappy dollar store instant mac in the pantry. What can I do to make it better? I don't have any crazy ingredients like fancy cheeses or truffles. Help.
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No plans to go back :)
I notice you're really putting in the work getting this community started. Thanks for that!
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This is fantastic news!
I have an InReach Mini 2 but am thinking about picking up a Motorola Defy to try as an alternative. I'm mostly out day-hiking, but usually in remote areas which are sparsely-populated where cell signal is inconsistent. Only a few times a year am I lucky enough to find time for multiple-day hikes. Garmin is reliable, and I'm in their ecosystem with my watch, too. But I'm a sucker for new tech, and the Defy looks interesting. Anyone have any thoughts either way?
Gamera8ID
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spin up your own private Lemmy instance
This is something I'm investigating, but the need to do so is a massive barrier to my adoption of Lemmy.
I can obviously only speak for myself
...and that's totally fair. The majority of us are here because Reddit leadership made decisions without consulting the community. I'm only asking that we expect more from instance admins. Let's talk about it.
I’d no more want
This is the part I don't understand. How is this content impacting you by being present? Am I wrong about folks using "Subscribed" and I'm the only one who doesn't use "All" frequently? Is it so inconvenient for an individual to block a noisy Lemmit.Online community they don't want to hear from, or even for the admins to block those specific communities? Or is the objection "the principle of the thing" despite it being useful to a segment of the community?
reconsider your stance on making the communities here
What stance do you mean? I linked to discussions both here and on Reddit where I am trying to foster use of equivalent communities on Lemmy. I want to have the conversations here.
Let's just do some quick math, though. (I pulled some of these stats off of Google and am willing to concede in advance that they may not be entirely accurate.)
Reddit has 861 million monthly active users.
The Boise subreddit has fewer than 50 thousand subscribers.
So less than 0.006% of Redditors subscribe to r/Boise. Remember that's subscribers, including lurkers, and not active posters.
Lemmy has 21-thousand monthly active users.
So it's fair to say that about 1.26 total Lemmy users would have an interest in subscribing to c/Boise right now, if I make it. That's me and a quarter of a likely lurker.
This is not an exaggeration. The Idaho Lemmy community I linked (the only one I could find) has 15 subscribers, 1 post, and 1 reply (mine.)
The content will come when users do, but until it does it's not really fair to suggest that individuals with niche interests create communities in which they talk exclusively to themselves or one other person if they're lucky.
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This is directionally useful, thanks.
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In most cases I’m happy with the links being shared, and don’t need to click through to Reddit for the discussions.
Not commenting, no. (Although occasionally I am at the meta level to help grow the equivalent Lemmy communities.)
I mostly use them as newsfeeds and not discussion boards. They limit my return to Reddit to only those cases where I really, really feel like there's a conversation worth returning for.
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Make the communities you want to see
This isn't really feasible. It took years for Reddit to grow a userbase sufficient to have active niche subreddits like those.
Even widening the interests to state instead of city and hobby instead of specific trail there is almost no content here. That's not going to change overnight.
The subreddits being copied by Lemmit.Online fill a gap for these niche communities which will only come with greater adoption of Lemmy. Blocking them only serves to drive traffic back to Reddit, in conflict with that objective.
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I think that's why admin posts to lemmyworld would make sense.
"This week we blocked these 5 instances for these reasons and these 2 external communities for these other reasons. Discussions are open here until we lock the thread."
My question is _not_ about defederating from Exploding Heads. I support that [well-documented decision](https://lemmy.world/post/747912) by the admins. However I have noticed the Blocked Instances list at https://lemmy.world/instances growing, and I was wondering if and where the admins are announcing new blocks. (I thought https://lemmy.world/c/lemmyworld but there doesn't appear to be consistency there.) Specifically I was curious about [Lemmit.Online](https://lemmit.online/post/14692) which is now blocked. I searched [c/lemmyworld](https://lemmy.world/search/q/lemmit.online/type/All/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/5/creator_id/0/page/1) and [c/general](https://lemmy.world/search/q/lemmit.online/type/All/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/11700/creator_id/0/page/1) for announcements or discussions about that instance being blocked, but found nothing. I _think_ I understand the admins' justification (though I don't agree with it) but would like to know why the "nuclear option" of defederation was chosen. I believe (but don't know since there was no announcement) that it was a reaction to Lemmit.Online communities appearing too frequently at the top of "All" + "Hot." Lemmit.Online exists solely to copy posts from requested subreddits. I've found it really helpful to monitor all my small population subreddits, where there is not yet a viable Lemmy community (not just where someone started a community but a useful one with active members and equivalent posts.) In most cases I'm happy with the links being shared, and don't need to click through to Reddit for the discussions. Since Lemmit.Online communities are just copies of subreddit posts, though, I do understand folks not wanting to see them at the top of "All." But doesn't almost everyone move to "Subscribed" pretty quickly? Or can't it be a teaching moment to understand how to block a community as an individual user if you don't want to see a Lemmit.Online community in "All?" I also think the admins have the ability to block individual communities, so if it's a matter of specific noisy Lemmit.Online communities with established Lemmy equivalents then why not block only those communities rather than the entire instance? I mean, I don't like meme posts. I ignore them if browsing "All" and I don't subscribe to those communities. If I really, really dislike seeing them in "All" then I have the choice to block those communities. Problem solved for me without removing the ability for anyone in the instance who does like them to see them. But Lemmy.World defederating Lemmit.Online removes the ability for those of us who found those communities useful to make our own choice. I'd like to better understand the admins' decision to defederate the entire instance, and if we users have the option to appeal (or at least discuss) the decision. **tl;dr** - Do admins post announcements explaining defederations, and where? - Is there an appeal process? If not, should there be? Edit: I just found [this comment](https://lemmy.world/comment/634268) in another post and hope [@antik@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/antik) or another admin cares to respond here.
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This is being discussed in https://lemmy.world/c/jerboa@lemmy.ml too. You might want to check out that Community.
There's a comprehensive list of Lemmy apps being curated here.
My personal recommendation is https://wefwef.app.
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Thanks. My job's gotten busier since I bought my DS412+ and it's been sitting virtually unused for awhile. I'm hoping someone can provide directions that are just a step above "click to install" because I'm (too busy/too lazy/too clueless <-- pick one) to DIY it.
Are there any Synology users who might be able to write up step-by-step instructions for installing Lemmy (maybe using [Lemmy-Easy-Deploy](https://github.com/ubergeek77/Lemmy-Easy-Deploy)) and [Wefwef](https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef#self-host-docker-deployment) on a Synology DS412+ with Docker and Portainer? Bonus points for configuration instructions using non-standard ports and [DuckDNS](https://www.duckdns.org/) dynamic DNS.
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There's a comprehensive list of Lemmy apps being curated here.
My personal recommendation is https://wefwef.app.
Gamera8ID
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Have you tried https://wefwef.app?
Gamera8ID
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You might want to try https://wefwef.app
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My understanding is that a Lemmy Instance Admin has control over Users and Communities originating on their Instance, and can (in extreme circumstances) defederate from another Instance, so that Users and Communities from that Instance are not visible to their Instance's Users.
An individual Lemmy User can block a specific User or Community, but not yet an Instance (though that feature appears to be planned.)
Therefore you might want to simply block the offensive User or Community.
If you feel strongly about reporting, then you should contact the Admin of the Instance hosting the Community.
If your report isn't resolved to your satisfaction then you may want to escalate to the Admin of your Instance to inquire about blocking the Community for all Users on your Instance, or even defederating from the offending Instance (though this is the "nuclear option" as it would affect ALL Communities and Users from that Instance.)
tl;dr You have the power to block Communities you don't like. That option is found in the Sidebar.
Edited to include @Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world's option.
www.theverge.com
Thirty-seven people were cut, and the layoffs affect every department at the company, according to a memo from the CEO.
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The post he responded to listed a number of alternate scenes. All minor.
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I think we'll probably end up with Gen 1 of Google's Samsung Dex competitor, but "ChromeOS-mode" would be a welcome surprise.
I'm mostly a day-hiker. I'd rather hike farther than carry more. I'm slowly Passage-hiking the [Arizona Trail](https://aztrail.org/), and there are stretches where overnights will be unavoidable. I'm not going to cut down my toothbrush, but I do want to carry as little as possible. I hear positive things about backpacking bidets, but the concept seems (to put it delicately) "optimistic" to me. I may attempt the "try it afterwards in your shower at home" advice I've seen elsewhere, but that seems...gross. Am I missing something, or is my risk tolerance misaligned with the reality of roughing it?
Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, Legion, Gaslit) has been tapped to take over the lead role in the animated series that was originally created by Mike McMahan (Star Trek: Lower Decks) and Dustin Roiland, who was ousted in January amid domestic violence charges.
In case it helps anyone else, here's a little bookmarklet I created using ChatGPT which performs the chore of searching your chosen Lemmy instance for the names of subreddits to which you're subscribed. (Modify `instance` to your chosen Lemmy instance.) ``` javascript:(function(){ if (window.location.href !== "https://www.reddit.com/subreddits") { alert("You must be on the reddit.com/subreddits page."); return; } else { var instance = "lemmy.world"; var links = document.getElementsByTagName('a'); for (var i = 0; i < links.length; i++) { if (links[i].href.indexOf('+') !== -1) { var url = links[i].href; var parameters = url.split('+'); var newUrl = ''; for (var j = 1; j < parameters.length; j++) { newUrl += 'https://' + instance + '/search/q/' + parameters[j] + '/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1\n'; } navigator.clipboard.writeText(newUrl).then(function() { alert("Copy operation successful! Paste results at openallurls.com (or other multiple URL opening service.)"); }, function() { alert("Copy operation unsuccessful!"); }); break; } } } })(); ``` I got the idea from [this bookmarklet](https://sh.itjust.works/post/53184) which copies your Lemmy subscriptions if you decide to change instances. I think it could be improved by providing links to something like https://lemmyverse.net/communities to search instead, but I couldn't figure out how to pass the subreddit name parameter in the Url.