Thanks, Obama.

“Oh No Ross and Carrie” They go participate in all kinds of “fringe science” or spiritual stuff and report on it in a very funy but, in my opinion, largely respectful way.

That does sound really comfy.

Good bot

This was one of the main selling features for me (before I tried it and experienced all the other killer features). I’ve experienced a bad case of vendor-lock before where it was hell to export my data. So having it all available in plain text at all times is really reassuring.

Big fan of Obsidian. Especially for written notes. If you are working with a lot of images I’d give its canvas feature a try. I’m not using it personally, but I think it might fit the bill.

“Main character energy” is a great way to put it. If I came across someone wearing these I’d have some assumptions…

Reality and evidence were never really something they were concerned with…

Yes. “The internet never forgets” is actually a thing.

I like to have it set to “all” and “new comments”. There is some movement but its slow enough to be usable. Also posts which are very active are more likely to appear there but you still see some newer stuff.

I really hope the “hot” and “active” algorithms will be fixed soon though.

I was only lurking on reddit. Here I’m trying to help make the place feel alive by also commenting and engaging. So far I’m really enjoying the experience and I’m not looking back. Also yes, I feel like I do spend a bit more time on lemmy, but it might just be the novelty.

Okay… it was, though.

I think it’s extremely hard to tell what people would prioritize. If you aks them hypothetically, everyone probably is some green warrior for mother earth. But then when push comes to shove, the industry will give them the choice between a flagship phone, glued all around, and a phone with a removable battery with all the greatest specs from five years ago. Of course many will chose the glued one, and then some people will be like “welp, the free market has decided”. 🤷

edit: typo

So you think your average MBA holder would not go the “extract short term value at all cost” route? Because it feels like they would. Maybe it’s more of a “the wrong people making it to the top” problem.

The machine needs to be fed.

Sure, and nobody would blame them if they simply tried to create a sustainable business with positive cashflow. The type of capitalism that is referenced here is the one where you squeeze every last penny out of the platform and would even sell your users trust, which your long term profit relies upon, if it means higher numbers in your quarterly report.

Capitalism, babyyyyy!!!

5-6 hours seems excessive… If you have other issues that are the root cause, maybe deal with those first, but if it’s a self-control issue (which it was for me sometimes) there are great browser plugins to block certain sites after a certain amount of time. I use LeechBlock for firefox and after my “self allotted time” it locks down reddit and lemmy for me so I can’t access it any more. There are similar plug ins for other browsers, I can really recommend it!

Ps: But to answer your original question, from an ideological standpoint, definitely stay on lemmy.