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  • Babe I love you but... not that much!?!?!? 😛

  • Trump threatens to throw "bad" citizens "the hell out" of the U.S.
  • Omg Lemmy still auto plays videos WITH SOUND :-(, I miss my PieFed account so much right now (Cloudflare issue - it happens sometimes).

  • AI Inception rule
  • Counterpoint: number must go up! 💲💰💸🤑

  • When you have a lot of things to do
  • Actually the OG is ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ (yogthos@lemmy.ml), although we can see the cross-posting chain as well as the true OC attribution in the lower right corner so perhaps no real need to provide such a mention at all?

  • Rate My Cake
  • Answer ready: it is 42. Now, would you like to know the question?

  • Ed Sheer-enough
  • So should I like... downvote this one then? 🤪

  • That is the way
  • Depending on where you are, maybe just "cd".

  • On trees...
  • And it's not even one creature or even type of creature. Look up rhizobium.

    Tbf, as we learn more about our gut microbiomes, it turns out that humans are that way as well. Maybe that's why we have the thoughts in our heads vs. the feelings in our guts... (no that's actually not it at all, except... isn't it though?).

  • Big ass telescope
  • So it's a B.A.T. signal detector? 🤪🦇

  • Wait a minute
  • (Account issues so trying again)

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  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • I got busy and did not respond sooner, but wanted to say that I think you are correct: it's not merely the listing of Topics, which e.g. an RSS reader could do, but rather their ranking of those topics that was an enormous part of made Reddit so popular.

    Although didn't some forums offer that functionality, even if not all?

    So as you say it's the Threaded content, ranked by users as to priority order, that people want to see.

    This ofc is all justification after the fact for us here - for whatever reason, people decided on that name, whether they should have or not, and I guess now the question is would a better name be worth the pain of switching? :-)

  • May the Fourth: Brutal, but fair
  • Wow you went right there to the edge, didn't you? (username checks out!)

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • No I did mean up & downvotes, and you added a good perspective. I don't use Mastodon and my main experience there was Kbin, now Mbin, which has both Boosts and actual upvotes (and reduces, which aren't shown, and downvotes).

    I think you are correct: the voting was always the core behind why people liked Reddit, as compared to others at the time.

    Although it seems like people are more adamant about remaining with Threadiverse, for the sake of history.

    But if a new term was to be used, it would be good for it to reflect voting. Like Forumverse does, perhaps?

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • Yeah something is screwy - PieFed.social is most definitely aware of lemy.lol (see this at https://piefed.social/instance/lemy.lol), but the last post it has from your own account seems to be nine months ago, and the second link on that page I linked, to "Posts" yields an error.

    Nor does this portion of the conversation appear in this version of the OP (see here, which should have all of these responses below it but they are lacking there).

    So apologies, I guess it's not just the tool, rather the issue is wider than that: either your instance lemy.lol or PieFed.social (or both) are not communicating in the standard manner with one another. Fwiw, PieFed.social seems to have no trouble federating with (any? at least the vast majority?) of other Lemmy instances? But I will leave that to you and rimu to work out:-).

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • Topicverse sounds kinda nice.

    To be fair, people were using Threadiverse before Meta revealed that they were working on their Threads. And now they do not want to switch?

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • The word itself sounds nice, but is the least inclusive.

    That's like saying that all of these conversations that we all have are on Lemmy.World? Sure, it's between 50 and 80% true (users and the most active communities, respectively, including this one we are in now), but it misses a ton of nuance and detail there.

    PieFed, Mbin, and now nodebb, with others on the way (flarum, perhaps Sublinks) also exist.

    So why call this all "Lemmy", when that's only a part - granted, by far the majority portion - of the whole?

  • What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?
  • Tagging @Snoopy@piefed.social.

    This is a great summary of the history of the topic, thank you!:-)

  • piefed.social What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?

    Context: [this community has flairs now!](https://piefed.social/post/716494) (also, [PieFed recently added flair support!](https://piefed.social/po…

    What should the subset of the Fediverse that is Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed be called?

    Context: I made a poll on PieFed about the new post flairs (so if you are one of the few hundred people who have a PieFed account, follow that link and answer there). Unfortunately Lemmy has neither polls nor post flairs, so this post is to open up the discussion to the wider Fediverse, or rather the subset of it that encompasses Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed, which is called... what exactly?

    Is Threadiverse too traumatic & tainted by association with Meta's (all but entirely defunct) Threads? Is The Verse too cool/poetic/nerdy (but niche) to be understood? I highly advise against Lemmyverse bc mainstream normal people are far less tolerant of tankies than we who are here are willing to put up with. Simply listing the software available sometimes is the best option - like the Interstellar app supports all of Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed, but most support at best 1 or 2 of those - but usually is too long to say and does not roll off the tongue, plus will just keep growing as time goes on. Is Forumverse thus the least bad of the available options, or perhaps you have a better idea? 💡

    Anyway, the start to a listing:

    1. Threadiverse
    2. Forumverse
    3. (The) Verse
    4. Lemmy + Mbin + PieFed
    5. Something else?

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    I wonder if you'll be able to see this?

    (Not my OC, so thought I'd share, if it works despite the defederation)

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    In case you need to read this today 🙏😁

    Not my OC, nor even current, but I hope it makes you smile nonetheless

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    You don't need the Fediverse, we have the Fediverse at home ...

    cross-posted from: https://piefed.social/post/413830

    > (the top image is a screenshot of a post that was on Lemmy, but then it was removed.)

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    How many of yesterday's terrorist events did you hear about actually yesterday?

    For me it was only 2 out of at least 3, if I count "hear about" as being more than a casual mention (I wanted the title to be shorter but I actually mean looking up as in reading an article about, to find who / what / why / etc.), and if I ignore the cache of explosives found in Virginia.

    For context, the three that I mean were: the driver in New Orleans, the truck explosion in Las Vegas, and the shooting in New York. (Edit: people are saying that the last one is not strictly speaking related to terrorism, at least that we know of. A better title for this post would have been "violent" rather than "terrorist" events.)

    Damn, we sure live in "interesting" times! 🙄

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    Better get used to a lot of walking

    cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/6234778

    > cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/23669729

    (not my OP, just trying to help add content to the community and increase awareness of other communities as well - i.e. follow the cross-posting trail for even moar fun:-P)

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    Old friend

    (not my OC, just reposting so this community sees it too)

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    How often do you comment/post on Lemmy?

    I am notoriously bad at posting. No, really. Like Really, REALLY bad I mean! :-P

    So I try to help the Fediverse grow by commenting. Probably WAY too much. Like not every hour, but definitely multiple times a day.

    How about you - what do you feel is appropriate for your situation? Would you like to see more content, or less, or is this just the right amount?

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    Fareed Zakaria's opinion piece: To save democracy, save its institutions (5:20)

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/14326001 (so please comment there rather than here?)

    > It's only ~5 minutes long, and very worth a watch imho. > > @4:31: "liberal democracy has been marked by its emphasis on procedures, not outcomes - we honor the process, even when we dislike the outcome; the drive to quickly get what we want even at the cost of bypassing procedures and undermining institutions is deeply dangerous"

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    Fareed Zakaria's opinion piece: To save democracy, save its institutions

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/14326001 (so please comment there rather than here?)

    > It's only ~5 minutes long, and very worth a watch imho. > > @4:31: "liberal democracy has been marked by its emphasis on procedures, not outcomes - we honor the process, even when we dislike the outcome; the drive to quickly get what we want even at the cost of bypassing procedures and undermining institutions is deeply dangerous"

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    Fareed Zakaria's opinion piece: To save democracy, save its institutions
    www.cnn.com Fareed Zakaria: To save democracy, save its institutions | CNN

    The past week saw two notable disruptions in stable democracies: six hours of martial law in South Korea and the ouster of France’s prime minister. Looking back on those events, Fareed Zakaria examines a crisis of faith in and adherence to democratic institutions around the world, warning that aband...

    Fareed Zakaria: To save democracy, save its institutions | CNN

    It's only ~5 minutes long, and very worth a watch imho.

    @4:31: "liberal democracy has been marked by its emphasis on procedures, not outcomes - we honor the process, even when we dislike the outcome; the drive to quickly get what we want even at the cost of bypassing procedures and undermining institutions is deeply dangerous"

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    What style coffee do you prefer? How often do you drink it?

    As to the second: daily, more or less.

    Personally I prefer a good dark roast, and if it's a good blend (also for medium or light roast) I want it black.

    Outside of dedicated coffeehouses though, most coffee out & about isn't what I consider "good" (I guess I'm a snob?:-P), so I usually add sugar & creamer.

    (Pro-Tip: combine black coffee with a pastry for the ultimate snack, i.e. the sugar doesn't need to be poured directly into the liquid! The juxtaposition of the bitter and sweet really works well.:-)

    I can't stand Starbucks coffee regardless though, so if needed I'll get a mocha. I'd sooner trust a McDonald's coffee though - seriously: b/c Lavazza is great!

    It's such a personal choice though - what do you like?

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    !askusa@discuss.online - Come chat about anything related to the USA

    cross-posted from: https://midwest.social/post/20339542

    > Got a burning question you want to ask someone from the US like "Why is the imperial system superior" or "Why is Texas"? Join us over at !AskUSA@discuss.online (!AskUSA@discuss.online for the mbin users) and find out the definitive answer. You can also just chat if you don't have questions, because this is the land of the free and there are no laws 🇺🇸🦅 (there are actually, please be nice)

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    Does anyone want to take over the new AskUSA@discuss.online community to allow for more serious discussions?

    cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/14195662

    > This is in regards to the brand-new !AskUSA@discuss.online community. > > And by more serious discussions I mean e.g. the legality of the recent jury nullification issue, which I don't want to allow if I were a moderator in it. > > If you say yes you will be granted the community "ownership" as the sole moderator. I've only been a mod myself on Lemmy for less than a day but we'll figure out how to transfer it to you. You can ofc always add new mods and change it however you like after that. The advantage here is chiefly that you get the community "name" AskUSA, whereupon I could later create e.g. a CasualUSA but you would have the privileges of that specific name, to match the style of e.g. AskUK or AskLemmy (or AskScience or AskMen or AskElectronics or AskAndroid etc. - there are so many here using that style:-). > > I don't want to be involved in something that is going to constantly be depressing to me, though I do recognize the need for such and am offering the community "name" if someone else wants to pick up that mantle. > > While if nobody says yes then I suppose I'll just keep it going in the more CasualUSA light-hearted style, until such time as someone does. Either way I'll offer to help grow it by posting and commenting to it regularly - unless you want me to stop b/c I tend to be really bad at guessing what people want to see (e.g. personally I love John Oliver and also got involved in the Reddit protests, so why people are downvoting sexy pics of JO on Lemmy of all places... I seriously have no clue). > > The community also needs moderators to help in general - so even if you don't want to take it over, would you like to help moderate it if it were to remain a more casual, light-hearted community?

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    Does anyone want to take over the new AskUSA@discuss.online community to allow for more serious discussions?

    This is in regards to the brand-new !AskUSA@discuss.online community.

    And by more serious discussions I mean e.g. the legality of the recent jury nullification issue, which I don't want to allow if I were a moderator in it.

    If you say yes you will be granted the community "ownership" as the sole moderator. I've only been a mod myself on Lemmy for less than a day but we'll figure out how to transfer it to you. You can ofc always add new mods and change it however you like after that. The advantage here is chiefly that you get the community "name" AskUSA, whereupon I could later create e.g. a CasualUSA but you would have the privileges of that specific name, to match the style of e.g. AskUK or AskLemmy (or AskScience or AskMen or AskElectronics or AskAndroid etc. - there are so many here using that style:-).

    I don't want to be involved in something that is going to constantly be depressing to me, though I do recognize the need for such and am offering the community "name" if someone else wants to pick up that mantle.

    While if nobody says yes then I suppose I'll just keep it going in the more CasualUSA light-hearted style, until such time as someone does. Either way I'll offer to help grow it by posting and commenting to it regularly - unless you want me to stop b/c I tend to be really bad at guessing what people want to see (e.g. personally I love John Oliver and also got involved in the Reddit protests, so why people are downvoting sexy pics of JO on Lemmy of all places... I seriously have no clue).

    The community also needs moderators to help in general - so even if you don't want to take it over, would you like to help moderate it if it were to remain a more casual, light-hearted community?

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    In celebration of the creation of AskUSA@discuss.online

    And since this meme comes from Reddit, I made 100% certain (adjustment for inside the USA: 120%) to not research it in the slightest, just putting out here all confidently-like without a care in the world for anything other than how it makes us feel.

    !img

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