• @AstrealixOPM
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    41 year ago

    Sorry, bit late, not having a bot’s a bit of a hassle innit

    • @hangonasecond
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      41 year ago

      I don’t think it’s super difficult to do, from last time I played with the API. Maybe I’ll have a crack, and share the code somewhere in case it borks and I disappear.

      No promises. Assignments and all that are piled up atm.

      • @AstrealixOPM
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        21 year ago

        All good, I think the other mods have largely quit Lemmy lol.

        • @sensiblepuffin
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          41 year ago

          Also, if it’s just you, do you need more people on board?

          • @AstrealixOPM
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            41 year ago

            ah, nah it’s fine, I’ve been steering this ship on my own pretty much for the past several months, I can handle it while we’re this size. If we do lift a trophy I might need a hand XD.

            • @AstrealixOPM
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              41 year ago

              Like, there’s maybe a post every couple hours at best? Not hard to read through everything. Just don’t be naughty!

              • Nuggsy
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                31 year ago

                I feel like a child being warned by an adult xD

                • @AstrealixOPM
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                  21 year ago

                  I am hardly an adult XD

              • @sensiblepuffin
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                21 year ago

                If the recent Reddit shenanigans haven’t inspired more people to join us, I’m not sure what will. Maybe we should start shilling for it on other forums.

                • @AstrealixOPM
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                  21 year ago

                  Eh, they’ll come eventually. This place has been slowly growing, I’ve no interest in forcing it to grow. Reddit will fuck up again and again cuz it’s Reddit.

          • Nuggsy
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            11 year ago

            I’ve thought this too, but I don’t feel active enough or have done enough to feel I would warrant being a mod. I’ve also never moderated a forum before, so I feel vastly under qualified xD

        • @sensiblepuffin
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          21 year ago

          Did they expect more of an exodus from Reddit?

          • @AstrealixOPM
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            31 year ago

            Dunno, just lost interest probably. It’s fascinating how often people switch their attention away from things once the public consciousness does, too. Just like Game of Thrones.

            • @AstrealixOPM
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              31 year ago

              for the record, I have not seen any of Game of Thrones, but the talk sure died out once Season 8 went out.

              • @sensiblepuffin
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                41 year ago

                lol I watched exactly one episode and it was enough to turn me off of the whole show. Might go back and read the books at some point, though.

                • @AstrealixOPM
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                  21 year ago

                  I’m not reading shit until Winds of Winter comes out, and even then.

                  • @sensiblepuffin
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                    21 year ago

                    Isn’t there a non-negligible chance that the big man dies before finishing it, though? What happens then?

              • ThePowerOfGeek
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                1 year ago

                Speaking as the guy who founded one of the main game of thrones related subreddits way back in the day (and, incidentally, it was also the very first game of thrones related subreddit), it’s still ridiculous to me how that show went from being the most talked about shows on TV to being totally forgotten.

                But then, that’s going to happen when you have two arrogant idiots running the show and they run out of original source material and have to come up with it themselves.

                Seasons 1-4 were very good overall. But the show gradually shit the bed. So as I’m sure you’re already aware, your not missing much.

                And the last season was so bad I don’t think I’ll even bother reading the next book (assuming it ever comes out).

                • Nuggsy
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                  31 year ago

                  It was a nice pile of hot garbage. They took everything they did for the previous 7 years, bundled it into a wood cabin and set it on fire. Which is pretty fitting for the finale, haha

                  Entertainment-wise, it may be fine? Story-wise, character motivations don’t really make sense because they just rushed it to move onto other projects. If they were that done with it, just pass it to someone else. It could be they were contracted to finish it, but if that’s the case, they signed those contracts.

                  Either way, it had so much potential and fizzled out the worst way possible. Shows just how much damage they did.

                  The books are fairly good. I can’t remember what I got up to, but I found other books I wanted to read more and haven’t gotten back to it since.

                  • ThePowerOfGeek
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                    31 year ago

                    Yeah, if you leave a series of books unfinished they will disappear from the cultural zeitgeist. Especially when it’s concerned to the screen and botched in the process. It’s very understandable that you (and I, and numerous others) world move on to other books when the supply of ASOIAF novels dried up.

                    Side note: if you want to see an excellent example of a book series being adapted to the screen, you have The Expanse. The two coauthors (one of whom used to be Martin’s assistant) kept the plot lean and moving along well, had the overall plot well planned out, and pumped out quality novels at a frequent rate. And they were active in the screen adaptation - and the producers were very welcome to their suggestions.

            • Nuggsy
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              31 year ago

              I have pondered this from time to time. I think there was an associated Discord with the Gunners subreddit I joined as well around the time of the Rexodus, but I could be wrong. So, they could have ended up over there instead?