A Request to the Fediverse Community

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*sensical

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During the API exodus a lot of us deleted our comments bc we didn't like the fact that Reddit was monetizing the knowledge we had created. Some people argued that it was better that the knowledge remain out there. Either way is cool I guess.

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You don't even have to comment anything of substance, I just make shitty jokes all the time and say dumb shit. Just don't be a dick when you're doing it.

Banana

That's understandable! I'll consider this when I go to delete my account. Thank you for that info!

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If you're privacy & security centered do NOT go with Calyx. They still use several g**gle services underneath it all. Graphene is the way to go, and no they are not affiliated with Copperhead (The one who proudly states they work with Raytheon) TLDR copperhead tried to take over Graphene but failed.

Also regarding rumors of it being a FBI honeypot, the feds advertised the backdoored phone /OS as being Graphene itself - or at the very least based on it in some way. It is not.

Just remember to use a oem unlocked android device. Carrier locked phones are often times luck-based in terms of getting it OEM unlocked. Often times they are literally impossible to get unlocked. Support CAN do it and HAVE THE TOOLS to unlock it for you but more often then not... they won't.

Don't get me wrong, Calyx without micro g (F-Droid + Obtainium) is a fantastic option plus it's compatible with a wide range of devices -just not as secure is all.

It's ironic, using a g**gle phone for privacy. Different strokes for different folks.

😈MedicPig🐷BabySaver😈

Ok, dumbass.

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It would be great to have a fediverse service for Meetup. Bending Spoons is aggressively enshittifying the original site, definitely ripe for disruption.

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thank you for this post, did not know about the public forums list

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I make only good jokes

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thank you!

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alone we are strong …
together lemmy may grow stronger

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I found join the fediverse …
https://jointhefediverse.net/join

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I joined Lemmy to find something like this. Have you seen Smoke Signal? It's an events site built on AT Protocol. Has promise but doesn't have the discussion threading that Meetup has.

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to be fair, I set up calyx a while ago, back when i was only at the beginning of my privacy journey, and still thought i might need google services. Though I'll absolutely be giving graphene a try when I can!

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i have never used meetup, does mobilizon seem a decent fit?
https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

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nice cake

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Oh, I've had the name for a lot longer than that.

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I bow down to your sense of comedic timing

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I put this into my hosts file a couple years back:

127.0.0.1 *reddit*

fuck reddit.

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I would agree to this but with one caveat
Let's try to be better than Reddit.
These days, Reddit and to some degree let me also has become a circle jerk of closed minds (on all sides of any issue). When confronted with a position they disagree with, people are far too quick to write the person off as a racist, statist, Nazi, anarchist, commie, etc. Rather than considering the merit of the person statement.
Let's be better than that.
Let's all be better than that.

Having a closed mind is easy. It's lazy. It gets you to that hit of dopamine faster, you tell someone off and hit post and you feel like you've done good. But most of the time you haven't. You've done nothing to persuade them of your viewpoint, or enhance the discussion for others.

That's not to say nobody's wrong. There's plenty of people who are wrong about every issue. But tell them why they're wrong. Have a little good faith, assume that just maybe the person on the other end of the thread has good intentions, also wants the world to succeed and society to be great, they just think their view will help make that happen better. So rather than calling them an idiot, tell them why you're right and your ideas are better. Engage with them.

That's how Reddit used to be. Not recently, I'm talking way back in the early days before the digg migration. It was a place for intelligent people to have reasoned discussions. Let's make lemmy more like that.