SemioticStandard

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[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, I’ll give it a go, thank you for thinking of me. The whole bullshit with Twitter and now Reddit has me feeling pretty burned on corporate-owned social media, so I’m likely to stick with federated things like Masto, Lemmy, etc., but I’ll give it a go. I am curious about it. I wonder why they’re leaning so hard on the waitlist thing? They’re losing precious adoption time, as people are right now wanting to move away from Twitter. Or rather, they have been wanting that for months, so there may already be a lot of lost opportunity re: user attention or interest.

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Aww but I like the Ivory app :( I was hoping for the same thing others are here—subscribe to a Lemmy community and have posts show up in my Masto feed, then click to see comments.

It’s worth opening a GitHub issue for. Maybe it isn’t that hard to do. Might even look at the code myself to see…

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Literally found this post as I was searching for that exact thing. My Masto feed is a MESS if I follow a Lemmy community. I only want the top level links to be displayed, and if I tap on that, then see and interact with all the comments. Seems like there should be a way to do this…

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I wonder if this time we'll get a mugshot or perp walk out of it? Man, wouldn't that be something?

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hey, I co-founded Rocky! I'm always chuffed to see people using and enjoying it.

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes, absolutely. I love(d) Reddit! All the niche communities, all the subs that I enjoyed so much, like r/whowouldwin and r/tiktokcringe and r/askhistorians and so many more :(

I admit, I have sentimentality attached there. It sucks. It does feel almost like the loss of a friend.

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I'm totally on board with pirating content in those situations. I recognize it isn't a black-or-white issue.

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

Why should you get to enjoy something you haven't paid for, especially while others have?

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I couldn't say, they're closed to new users. I've been on the wait list for a long time, but no joy.

I'm skeptical that it ultimately won't just turn into Twitter 2.0

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What’s also interesting to observe is that the vast majority of the comments here have been respectful, considerate, helpful, and constructive. Maybe I got too used to the massive user base of children that Reddit had, and no hate for the younger crowd, but I did miss the maturity that early days Reddit had and subsequently lost.

[–] SemioticStandard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I know this opinion is wildly unpopular, but I think pirating is unethical. If you can’t afford something, or you disagree with spending money for it, then fine. Don’t watch that show/listen to that song/play that game. But the people who make things deserve to get paid. It’s not right to refuse to pay for something while also consuming that content. Many of the justifications for pirating just feel like entitlement to me.

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