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  • I love everything that Fedi stands for, I wouldn’t still be here if I didn’t.

    But it’s hard to shake the feeling that I’m mostly posting out into the void. I’m not optimistic about Fedi’s future, I think at this rate Bluesky is going to win even though they’re clearly only paying lip service to federation. Maybe if they can demonstrate that their federation works I’d consider trying a third party server, but it’s clearly not ready yet, and leaves a sour taste in my mouth as yet another corporate thing pretending not to be.

    Ever since I swore off Reddit after the API fiasco, and ever since I left the one Discord server where I used to feel like I fit in, it’s felt harder and harder to find alternative places where I can talk about my most niche interests, because nowhere else is big enough for it to be likely I’ll find anyone else who also wants to talk about those same things.

    I don’t think Fedi will ever be that for me. The one thing I can say for Cohost is that at the rate it was going, I was able to find a lot more posts relating to my hobbies and fandoms, and I kinda regret that I didn’t post more and lurk less.

    It just sucks to feel like there’s nowhere else on today’s dying internet to go that will suit my needs.




  • When I point out that it’s bad for Afghanistan to “go broke”

    Except that isn’t what OP actually said. Now who’s having a rich disagreement with people in their head?

    This thread started with vilifying the Taliban, you responded with “oh you want people to starve?” Obviously, this is not a direct response to what they actually said.

    All anyone said was that the Taliban is bad, and you’re very weirdly up in arms about that.


  • In order to get more people on Fedi, we have to get more people on Fedi. People will go whereever everybody else already is. That’s the only thing keeping Twitter alive, even though almost everyone there will openly admit they hate it, no one will actually leave Twitter because everyone else is still on Twitter.

    It’s a chicken-and-egg problem that I don’t think Fedi can actively do anything to solve. Or rather, I think it’s too late to solve. If there’s any competitor that has a chance, BlueSky has established a much bigger userbase in far less time, and that’s enough momentum to potentially get there. Anyone who’s leaving Twitter will go to BlueSky before they ever look at Fedi.



  • I bought a Miyoo Mini Plus on sale last year and ended up liking it so much that I wish I’d bought a more expensive model with analog sticks. Meanwhile my Steam Deck gathers dust because it’s just way too bulky, I grew up on a Game Boy Color and want something that fits in my pocket.

    The ultimate dream for me would be if/when someone gets SteamOS running on something this size.




  • Even if we assumed Facebook had the best of intentions - but if you truly believe that I have a bridge to sell you - here’s another perspective to consider:

    Poorly moderated servers regularly get defederated for far, far, far less than what goes on on Facebook’s platforms. Facebook not only platforms bigotry, they pretty much support and endorse it.