Zoolander

How exactly do you determine “who started it”? Is it based on who attacked first? Is it based on who killed the most people? How are you determining who started this escalation to be so sure?

Of course! I technically have a rear view that looks out over a view but there are 3 others in here that stare at the ceiling all day. I feel bad for the guy on the lowest level staring at the wall.

And it’s an amazing case. Every other time I go to update my PCs, I do this little dance. I’ve done a back and forth between a Fractal case from this line and then some other case the next time I update and I always end up going back to the Fractals. They’re just very well designed and look great with plenty of airflow and fan mounting. I’m a big fan.

I meant the literal Crusades with a capital C.

Everyone says that throughout history until the “fascist religious crowd” decides to embark on the newest interpretation of a crusade.

Not probably. Definitely. This is exactly it. Bean counting at its finest.

Please enlighten us. What’s the difference? According to Wikipedia, they are one and the same:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinism

What’s your issue with the W3C?

You’re far more charitable than me. I just see a bunch of immature jerks who think that Android and Linux are a personality trait.

The thread we’re in, that I started, was about how unwelcoming Lemmy is for new and casual users. This entire interaction is just highlighting it.

You act like that’s a new thing.

Also, case in point: Both our posts have gotten downvoted already. How is that even possible for such benign replies?

I may need to try another app, then. That sounds useful.

Yes, I got that. Hence my reply. But they also make up less total numbers than the rest of the user base. That’s not the case here because the user base is so small.

That’s the point, though. You’re being hyperbolic to suggest that you could even attempt to block half of Reddit. On Lemmy, you could probably actually do that, depending on the instance.

Yes. Not only have I considered it. I’ve done it. The issue is that the Lemmy communities aren’t that big, even when you’re not referring to smaller instances and just sticking to federated communities, so blocking people just for dumb comments means you’re removing more and more of an already small user base.

It’s a solution to be sure. It’s just not one that I’d care to use right now when me blocking someone doesn’t actually help what I’m perceiving as the issue that is keeping Lemmy from growing.

I am old enough to remember that. It wasn’t a huge part of what Usenet was. I remember downloading the original DooM shareware and finding an entire community of people that were super helpful and showed me resources for how to make my own maps and levels. I learned all about programming, making websites, and video editing. Maybe I got in earlier than you did or something, I’m not sure. For the most part, it was a group of highly technical, highly educated people looking for other people with similar interests. It was great.

Fair enough. I find that with the federation, blocking people just results in my feed being emptier than I’d like to be. It’s already pretty sparse. Removing even more of it just because someone was an idiot in a singular, particular topic seems like overkill for such a small space. We’re just barely getting over the hump where new content is showing regularly enough to where the front pages aren’t filled with the same posts for days. And, even then, it’s not great content.

You know… I’m gonna tell you something too.

I usually debate throwing that in there and then I realize that, outside of Reddit, that thing doesn’t really work anymore. It’s not an original idea. It doesn’t add anything to the discussion. Outside of being a meme and an occasional source of a good chuckle, Lemmy is too young for something like that. There’s not enough good content here to justify repeated jokes and junk like “Oh no! He broke both his arms! Where’s mom?”

If that means that this is a bummer for you, then I think you need to reevaluate what you’re trying to get from Lemmy. It reminds me of the time when 2 years before the new millennium, the Undertaker threw his adversary, Mick, off of the cage in a match called Hell in a Cell and plummeted 16 feet through the table of the announcers giving commentary on the match. Although it may have been entertaining the first time it happened, it probably wasn’t as funny to the person that was dropped and probably why he never attempted it again.

All that’s to say, be careful what you wish for.

I only mentioned downvotes because new users are getting downvoted immediately for completely benign opinions like “Linux was too hard for me to figure out” and “I haven’t had any issues with Chrome”. When someone’s first experience with this platform is what amounts to a deluge of negativity, it hurts the platform as a whole. Instead of being presented with better alternatives or being offered help, people are simply downvoted and, for someone who’s new here, downvotes sting when you don’t realize they’re kinda meaningless.

Agreed 100%. I don’t use social media at all with Lemmy being the only exception and, as I stated in my original post, I’m not really having a good time here so I’m spending less and less of it on the platform. It’s incredibly unwelcoming here.