Yeah, this is a pretty good gauge of what an honest star rating should represent.
Are you sure it wasn't sociopath? It does take a certain amount of decision-making lacking empathy or remorse.
Lemmy - Eternity (Android) Lemmy - Photon [phtn.app] (Windows) Mastodon - Moshidon (Android) Mastodon - mastodon, elk (Windows) Bluesky - Bluesky (Android/Windows)
This doesn't surprise me at all... Just like bots in games. Selling a service that benefits another. Its shady, but definitely believable.
Also, what if this is an actual viable way to "market" for an open source project?
I vividly remember... I was in the office and one of my coworkers comes up to me with a shit eating grin on his face - like he had something he wanted to share...
He said, "Have you ever heard of Bitcoin?" I said, "No..." He explained (sort of) what he thought it was, but sounded more like an investment opportunity (blah blah blah) less than 10 cents per... I didn't bite.
Lets just say this didn't age well for me, lmao.
Yeah, I get your point. But the question still remains. Lemmy objectively has more engagement/interaction regardless of the category of social media of each medium.
If you compare X to Lemmy, X has more engagement/interaction... And they are separate social media platforms categorically. Yet, Mastodon trumps Lemmy's user count by nearly 10 fold...
It stands to question that with a fraction of the users on Lemmy, why is the interaction/engagement considerably higher?
Having tried all three, its a stark difference in how much more social Lemmy is comparatively. Its not even close. Almost all posts I've encountered on lemmy have interaction; whereas, more often than not, posts on the other two platforms have no interaction. Wonder what the driving factor is behind this difference?
Interesting thought: "Because I have my entire extensive library on steam, Iโm kind of stuck with them. And while they are not abusing that presently, Iโm fairly confident they will someday."
Steam subscription $9.99 to access your library ๐ - man that feels wrong. But also can probably happen with the TOS noone reads
That's actually pretty awesome, thanks!
Nice plug, thank you
That's some dedication! Sometimes I wish I would do this more often. I start doing it, then it just fades away... Might be because some of the games don't apply to my taste, then I forget to keep up with it.
Fair. I only use cables, but my assumption would be that they would adapt to new standards. Which is effectively what this is doing to standardize it, IMO.
I quit not only because of vaping and tobacco-less nicotine pouches, but because I wanted it. If you are buying it for a family member, you can't make them quit... Hopefully they are wanting to, because you can't make that decision for them. Just like any other addict.
Foxy Notes only one that I've stuck with