[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 74 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I feel like Greedy Pigboy and Reddit Inc. as a whole deserve to be punished, for all that "my precious data! No, it is not the users', IT IS MINE! MY PRECIOUS!" fiasco. Enshittification will happen either way.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 74 points 1 year ago

Oh "great", more crap between Ctrl and Alt.

[Grumpy grandpa] In my times, the space row only had five keys! And we did more than those youngsters do with eight, now nine keys!

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 74 points 1 year ago
[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 71 points 1 year ago

Reddit event from July 2023, when Steve "Greedy Pigboy" Huffman decided to demand exorbitant amounts of money for API access, effectively killing most third party applications used to access the site from a phone, and neutering the leftover. It had a huge impact on Lemmy, for obvious reasons.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 78 points 1 year ago

It's mostly Mastodon. The text doesn't even mention Lemmy or Kbin.

I'm glad that Mozilla is doing this. It benefits both sides (Mozilla and the Fediverse), in a transparent way. Hopefully we get some Fediverse companion for Firefox, Thunderbird and Seamonkey.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 66 points 1 year ago

Being slightly forceful might work, but being too forceful has the opposite effect. I've seen a lot of people avoiding Edge not because of its technical demerits, or due to lack of knowledge, but because MS forces it so much down your throat that something "feels" off.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 year ago

Not something that I'd personally use (I'm happy with the current FF layout customisation capabilities), but it's a fucking great idea and it's good to see people building Firefox derivatives against the "it's all Chrome with different names" current environment.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/anime@lemmy.ml

Also known as wataoshi or I'm in Love with the Villainess.

Bot-kun didn't update for fall [NH] / spring [SH] and I couldn't find a thread about this series, so here I am.

Please, no discussion about plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show.

Show info: MyAnimeList, AniList, AniDB, Kitsu, Anime-Planet, official site

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy_support@lemmy.ml

EDIT: I was able to solve this by going into the "change password" screen, right-clicking the "old password" field, clicking "inspect", and changing maxlength="60" minlength="10" to maxlength="60" minlength="1", thanks to the tip provided by Dandroid in the comments.


When I try to login, the following message appears: "Please use at least 10 characters (you are currently using # characters)." Ditto when I try to change my password.

This issue affects me when trying to log in from Firefox and Chromium, in Linux. When trying to log in from Firefox in Android, I can't but no message is given. It does not affect Jerboa or Voyager, but I can't change my password from either.

Any idea on how to solve this? When I created this account 2y ago I was just checking Lemmy out, so I didn't bother with a strong password back then, but this has become a ticking bomb. I'm currently able to access Lemmy from Firefox due to saved credentials, but I'm worried about them eventually expiring.

Pictures showing the issue:


(My actual password isn't 6 chars long, but the error message is the same.)

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 73 points 1 year ago

[Speaking as a mod]

OP, I'm letting this post on because it happens to be related to the topic of this comm. However, chill - you've been posting this even in 196, Linux and Memes, and your behaviour is bordering spam.

Also be sure to be reasonable while discussing with other posters. Do not claim "they're sockpuppets" or "they're astroturfing in Lemmy" without having evidence for that. (And no, "chrust me" is NOT evidence.) Refer to rule #4.

This is an official warning.

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

Excerpt:

Most major subreddits show a decrease of between 50 and 90 percent in average daily posts and comments, when compared to a year ago. This suggests the problem is way fewer users, not the same number of users browsing less. The huge and universal dropoff also suggests that people left, either because of the changes or the protests, and they aren’t coming back.

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/cat@lemmy.world

The name of the game is Six Cats Under. It can be played online, and it's rather quick to play.

Backstory: you're the ghost of a recently deceased crazy cat lady. Your job is to free your cats from your home, because now you can't feed them, and you don't want them to starve.

All cats have their own personalities and names. For example Baroness is grumpy, Fredrick only cares about food, Mr. Spock likes to scratch furniture, etc. (Source: click on the cat and the ghost will say it.) This is relevant for gameplay because you need to make her cats interact in a certain way to open the door.

I'll provide the solution of the puzzle in the comments, but please try the game before using it. Otherwise you'll lose all those nice tidbits of narration from the ghost.

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 76 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You know what, enough is enough. Snaps run like shit in my system (IDK/DC why), I hate companies forcing their shit down my throat, and I was planning a clean reinstall anyway from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04. Might as well use the opportunity to go back to Debian. Or Mint. Or Mint Debian Edition. Who knows.

Next on the news, Ubuntu ("humanity") gets renamed to Amasimba ("shit"). /s

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

Relay was (yup) one of the third party apps that survived the API-calypse. But this sort of model is unsustainable in the long run, given that the competitor (the broken native app) is free and unlimited.

The obvious future monopoly of the broken native app is bad for the platform in the long run, given that Reddit always sucked off ideas from third party apps; and now there's no incentive whatsoever to make it better, after Reddit Inc. killed the better competitors.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 81 points 1 year ago

It didn't, I agree. Lemmy for example was really slow; the type of site that you'd check once a few days. Nowadays however you can pretty much lurk nonstop here, and you know that you'll see more stuff that you want to see. Same deal with other sites.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

The title is a bit clickbaity but the article is worth a read. To keep it short:

  • large subreddits stopped protesting
  • 1.8k subreddits are still in the dark, but those are rather small
  • [from the article] "Though the Reddit team likely caused permanent damage to the platform and its relationship with users, Spez got his way. But that victory might not mean much."

IMO it was a Pyrrhic victory. Sure, the protests ended, and most users are still stuck in that shithole... but the reputation damage won't be reversed, Reddit managed to seed its competitors (as this one) with the necessary userbase to make them functional, and odds are that Reddit will keep going in its death spiral. And that doesn't even take into account the amount of bad press that it generated, that will hurt IPO numbers for sure.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 77 points 1 year ago

Lemmy removes EXIF data from pictures, since it includes potentially private information such as phone model, where IRL the pic is from, date, time, etc. But as a side effect, it also removes a tidbit of info that says "rotate this pic when showing it".

The way that I usually solve this* is by editing the picture in Kolourpaint. Either cropping it or resizing it.

*by coincidence to post cat pictures. Yours is making such a silly face :3 love it!

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/cat@lemmy.world

Left: 2yo, right: 15yo. Still the same ticklish weirdo, who thinks that the clothespin basket is a toybox.

[-] lvxferre@lemmy.ml 68 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The worst part of this quote is that, in the original, she (Marilyn Monroe) actually framed her "worst":

>I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.

So in the context it sounds more like "here are my flaws - take me or leave me, but you won't change me". Which sounds reasonable. But without that context it sounds more like "I'm entitled because I like to pretend that I'm above other people".

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

I'm sharing this here mostly due to the "official" labels. Excerpt from the text:

“Starting today, we’re beginning early testing of placing a visual indicator on certain profiles to provide proof of authenticity, reduce impersonation, and increase transparency across the platform,” a Reddit admin (employee) wrote in a post. “This is currently only available to a *very* small (double-digit) number of profiles belonging to organizations with whom we already have existing relationships, and who are interested in engaging with redditors and communities on our platform.”

At least for me this looks like a really poor attempt to attract content creators into the platform, while shifting its focus from the content created and shared by the users to the users themselves, as in more typical social media platforms (such as Facebook, Twitter, TikTok). It's bound to fail - what made Reddit desirable for the users was the content that they shared among themselves, unlike in Twitter where a few personalities can "anchor" the rest of the userbase.

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submitted 1 year ago by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/cat@lemmy.world
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

This community grew far more than I expected. That's great, but a single mod for such an active comm is a liability, plus I want to nurture a few other comms. As such, I'm recruiting new mods.

Does anyone volunteer? Potential new mods should:

  • be already active members of this community;
  • have spare time to browse, comment, and post in this community fairly often;
  • have decent reading comprehension;
  • be able to dialogue with other members of the community, in a respectful and cooperative way;
  • not be moderators of a large number of other communities.

Further details and guidelines, on what you're expected to do:

  • This community does not "belong" to you or me, it belongs to the people who participate in it. Always keep this in mind.
  • If there's a report, you must read it and address it to the best of your capabilities. Sometimes you do nothing, sometimes you just talk with the user.
  • Folks here are well-behaved, so milder interventions are preferable over harsher ones. A "please, don't do this, because [reason]" goes a long way; by default, expect users to be reasonable.
  • Banhammer is only to be used on extreme cases, towards users who are clearly making this community worse for the other users. So far I didn't have to ban anyone here.
  • A mod should actively look for on-topic content to post, and participate in posts shared by other users. This is doubly true in slow days - if you feel that the community is too slow, go look for something to post here.
  • A mod should browse the posts and read the comments of the comm, addressing issues that might appear. Don't rely just on reports.
  • You don't know what other users think, believe, or their intentions; don't enforce rules based on those things. Instead, enforce rules based on what the other users say and how they behave.
  • Be sure to distinguish when you're speaking officially, as a mod of this community.
  • Don't go too hard on the enforcement of rule #2 (keep it on-topic); it's fine to let users chitchat in the comments, that's fun. Watch out however for specially divisive off-topic, and for off-topic posts.
  • I've worded rule #4 in a cheeky way, but it is an actual rule. It boils down to "don't let users ruin the community for other users, regardless of their claimed intentions".
  • Rule #5 should apply to the mods too.

[EDIT] Two important details:

  1. You do not need previous experience as a moderator!
  2. I'll still be actively moderating this community, alongside any newcomer. Don't worry, I'm not abandoning it; I'm just future-proofing it.
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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by lvxferre@lemmy.ml to c/snoocalypse@lemmy.ml

cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/233339

Comments from the original poster:

Not much else needs to be said tbh. Fuck Spez. // Edit: Not sure why imgur marked the album as NSFW, but there's nothing NSFW in it other than the name of one of the mods including the word "removed"

Personal comment: the critter isn't even dead but the vultures are already flying in circles around it. I certainly do not envy their situation, I bet that the users will treat them like shit.

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