Maybe I don’t want a revolution. Maybe I just want a simple program that I can get news and follow a few people whos opinions I want to read.

But Naw I’m sure you’re right and everyone else just wants the wrong thing.

Blue sky is still the best alternative to twitter so far

Food and culture, also Paris

Hitler was actually dumb as fuck and made horrible military decisions that helped win the war, like declaring war against the US and USSR when he didn’t have to.

If the choice is evil and incompetent vs evil and not incompetent, you pick the former

To a degree that was shown in the hot parts of the Cold War like the Vietnam War or the Congo Crisis where they provided logistical support. Like the US, or more accurately as a counter to them, they fiddled with countries for years to get outcomes that benefited the USSR ideology.

You could argue that it’s easier to shake up someone else than lead a full invasion force, but the US has learned that lesson too and followed that same play book. Invasion is harder than giving someone the tools to destroy themselves.

It is wild to see this. It’s amazing how quickly things change.

Yeah, Russia was incredibly powerful in its heyday, both in global influence and military power. Think about how people are worried about climate change now, then double it. That was the threat of nuclear war that kept people awake at night for decades.

After the time of the collapse we found out how empty a lot of their power was. How much of their achievements were less an unstoppable train and more of a rocket that couldn’t be refueled. They had power but they never figured out how to make it sustainable.

Not surprised tbh. Services cost money. Good services cost more money. It’s the basic triangle of expectations.

Crazy. I don’t associate Star Wars 1 and Tupac as being from the same era but development of the film started 2 years before Tupac was murdered.

This makes me think of The Good Place and the book they reference: What We Owe To Each Other. It discusses the philosophy of Contractualism, and the morality of society.

All of us reading this post feeling the same way can do our part by posting and commenting. If everyone who thinks they’re the only ones here start talking the emptyness disappears

I find these videos so relaxing, like ASMR

Double bonus, I learn something!

Probably not, no. I expect the biggest instance to be the one that keeps growing and the others will be obstensibly connected but mostly small or abandoned.

It’s not like federation is really the way it was sold. It’s not a bad system, but it’s not really how the internet works. Or more accurately not how people work. Users, customers, don’t really want it to work like that. Theoretically Threads is federated too. Not like their users are going to be chiming in to this thread.

I try to only follow the communities on my instance. I don’t like having the delays between one instance and others so I’ll just stick to this place where it’s all in real time

Plus if any defederation happens it has less impact

How about both are bad.

Lemmy has been in use for 4 years. It’s not a new service anymore.

And? I don’t remember Reddit being difficult to use when I signed up a decade ago

Yeah, the apps have been spotty for me, but at least the layout is cleaner.

Not a good sign when you need an app to properly use your website though.

It’s a huge turn off. And federation itself adds to the problem when the servers don’t match up properly.

See that’s part of the problem. You shouldnt need to have to create a bunch of accounts just to use a site. People aren’t going to stick around to find time their social media. They want it to just work.

That and the servers are under such stress that it makes for a stuttery beginning for any new usrrs. Even just trying to upvote you and comment was a process. First this page wouldn’t load properly, then then the upvote didn’t show, then the screen jumped around when I tried to reply.

This site and any other will only replace Reddit etc if it’s got people. It only gets people if new users can use the platform. We’re not quite there yet. The people here now are willing to put up with growing pains but if it doesn’t improve soon people will move on