Yeah, I hear ya. I can’t watch Jon, Colbert, or any comedian really because it’s all too depressing. Before, you had this naive assumption that it’ll get fixed eventually. The “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice”, blah blah blah. I don’t know if Dr King knew just how long he was talking about.

Since this is Lemmy, I can’t tell if you’re talking Meta/X or EFF and Jon…

It’s not decentralized although it tried really hard to be.

I don’t want to google/remember the exact details but IIRC basically they run a centralized identity server that is impossible to avoid. At best, you can set up an island instance that doesn’t federate with BlueSky proper (like Truth Social vs Mastodon).

Good to know, thanks. I’ve been really meaning to check it out.

Every time I think about starting a community about one of my hobbies, I look at a random modlog and realize I don’t want any part of it.

Casual endorsement or sympathy for summary executions based on class alone. With or without, “just joking bro”

A failure to accept the possibility that societal collapse will probably hurt more people than it helps.

The authoritarian tankies masquerading as leftists/progressives is a problem too.

Is there a tap to pay system that works on custom ROMs? I thought those really required SafetyNet/PlayIntegrity/Whatever-it-is-now.

I would rather not give up tap to pay but I will if I have to. It seems like trying to Magisk my way into getting Google Wallet to work would be a PITA.

3D printers are even less useful here though. The rocket bit can be replaced with a cardboard tube and some balsa fins. The important parts are the active control and circuitry.

But I guess logic doesn’t really enter into the conversation anyway.

I don’t see how web 1.0 style sites are resistant to AI or bots. It’s kind of the opposite. Bots/AI are really good at pure text stuff.

Old fashioned forums are old fashioned. Circular logic but there’s a lot holding them back.

• Create a new account for every single niche forum? No thanks. We need a federated solution.
  • Lemmy/Piefed/etc is almost there
• Antiquated restrictions (e.g. Log in to view images)
• Antiquated UI - People want emojis, reactions, rich media, etc
• PHP paid the bills once upon a time but now it’s hard to get anyone excited to make big new features for forum software