Felt this belonged here.

  • @[email protected]
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    841 year ago

    Well said. I wish it wasn’t so mainstream to want to buy into something just because it’s backed by a megacorp.

    • @muertinez
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      151 year ago

      yea and so mainstream to feel the need to squeeze every fucking penny out of anything humans create

    • AzuleBlade
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      Buy into your home instance instead by setting up a recurring monthly donation. It’s doesn’t have to be a lot, some have tiers as low as $1. Alternatively, you could donate to the Lemmy dev team, or some of the devs that are creating these spiffy apps we’re using on our phones.

      • @[email protected]
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        41 year ago

        Either way is good. The most important thing is for Lemmy/Kbin to be, and continue to be, a community project. I personally donate to my instance.

    • AzuleBlade
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      41 year ago

      I love a good underdog story.

  • @markstos
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    261 year ago

    Why not boost the post instead of creating an image of it?

      • Eddie
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        101 year ago

        I like the image. Did you create it yourself manually, or do you have a screenshot program that prepared this for you?

        • HiramFromTheChiOP
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          41 year ago

          I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it’s only for Mac. If you’re on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

          • Koordinator O
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            31 year ago

            or just use shift + win + s It’s Integrated in windows and works just fine.

          • Eddie
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            31 year ago

            I knew you were going to say that! Mac OS always has all of the aesthetics! One can only hope we’ll get “pretty” windows apps eventually. Although, Microsoft would have to unify their UI first, and we all know that will never happen.

        • AzuleBlade
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          41 year ago

          I’d also like to know, it looks pretty slick.

          • HiramFromTheChiOP
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            21 year ago

            I used CleanShot X to create the image, but it’s only for Mac. If you’re on Windows, try ShareX (which is free and open source).

            • AzuleBlade
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              11 year ago

              Thanks! That reminds me, I need to reinstall ShareX, I knew there was something missing after getting a new PC haha.

    • @Num10ck
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      41 year ago

      great product idea, i would love an open metacritic, but i cant find a front end to use this?

  • 👁️👄👁️
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    101 year ago

    This is why I’m not worried about rushing features into the fedi. We’re at an usable point right now, a lot obviously can be improved. But the point is that the fedi isn’t going away. A private social media can be nuked over night. If all ActivityPub devs stopped contributing over night, then more people would step up and continue. The fedi isn’t going anywhere and will continue to get better over time. There will be no stopping point where we run out of time. Development and improvements will be eternal until the heat death of the universe!

    • @[email protected]
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      101 year ago

      Okay, so I really do believe in the Fediverse. I’m working on a really big project in Kotlin that I have the intention of wiring up to AP later on.

  • @[email protected]
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    61 year ago

    Well said. I think people tend to think of the Fediverse as a competitor, but the goals are not the same. The Fediverse is wholly about the community driven by the community.

  • @[email protected]
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    How was this image generated, is there a tool to make image from post? Also could anyone share original post?

  • @[email protected]
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    31 year ago

    Those are some fine words and definitely help motivate me to contribute more. No way I was touching threads before though, so not much convincing needed!

    • Erikatharsis
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      211 year ago

      What Erik Moeller is trying to say is that posting to a Twitter alternative owned by rich people is doing free work for said rich people.

    • @[email protected]
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      151 year ago

      I think he means that by contributing to the likes of threads legitimises the platform. And when you “create content” there, then you’re essentially doing free labour for the venture capitalists, since their asset is only valuable if people use it.

      • @[email protected]
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        -21 year ago

        I’m unsure of the reliability of laws protecting an open source project from getting swallowed up, if Threads has a presence in the fediverse. Especially with a partisan Supreme Court.