Corgana

Corgana , 5 months ago to Memes in Lemmy isn't what I expected but I love this place

With startrek.website we'd hoped creating a Star Trek themed instance might encourage other ex-moderators to start topic-specific instances too, and it would kick off a flourishing of myriad communities run by devoted moderators, a Lemmyverse so diverse and inspiring that not even Reddit could further justify it's own existence in the presence of such an obviously superior system.

Instead it turned out "Star Trek and Linux" was enough to satisfy nearly everyone's tastes (both subtle and gross).

Corgana , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Technology in Supermarket responds after Reddit user’s warning about self-checkout overcharge — ‘Was annoyed that the total amount due on my supermarket purchase did not equate to the individual items I purchased.’

Seems pretty straightforward and had a good resolution.

Well, except for when the Redditor went home and spread lies technically factual statements presented in a misleading manner and omitting key details with the apparent goal of damaging the reputation of the store despite being treated with kindness and fairness by the manager.

Corgana , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to Technology in Reddit seeks to launch IPO in March

I've had the impression for a long time that Reddit could stand to lose a large part of its users in order to be more profitiable. The nerds getting into long winded "ackchually" "debates" are making the site worse for the meme scrollers and they are also not the type to click on ads. They're not trying to attract more users, they want to maximise revenue from the existing pool. I don't think it's a coincidence Reddit has been slowly moving away from "discussion board" and towards image and short video (like the other three big platforms) because that's where the money's at.

My prediction is that shortly after the IPO we'll see .old go away, and a further sterilizing of subreddits ability to forge unique identities. The only question I have is how do they expect to attract sufficient moderators, buuuut they haven't had trouble after the API debacle so maybe there are more people willing to provide free labor than I assume!

Corgana , 5 months ago to Technology in USB-PD is a de-facto low-power DC voltage standard, with USB-C being the universal plug. Hurray!

Just your normal redditor who didn't create anything trying to feel superior by dismissing someone else's effort. Don't overthink it.

Corgana , 5 months ago to 196 in it could happen to you rule

idk there are a handful of Reddit communities I miss, I would love to be able to follow them here, ad free, without a Reddit account.

Corgana , 5 months ago to 196 in it could happen to you rule

How would that prevent Meta from doing the bad things?

Corgana , 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to 196 in it could happen to you rule

I've also yet to see a technical explanation for how defederating would have the slightest effect on hindering whatever plan they have.

Corgana , 5 months ago to Memes in I'm really getting over the enshitification of the internet.

It's a good term, but so often people use it to mean "got bad" when Cory's definition was much more specific in regards to platforms abusing monopoly power on their users and businesses.

Corgana , 5 months ago to Selfhosted in TrueNAS shares help.

Compared to TrueNAS, CasaOS is more of a "platform for running apps", but unless you're storing dozens of terabytes of improtant data in RAID or something, it's still probably the easier/lower maitenence option.

Corgana , 5 months ago to Selfhosted in TrueNAS shares help.

If you are more interested in running apps than having a NAS, I recommend trying CasaOS. TrueNAS is great, but I found CasaOS significantly more straightforward, especially when it comes to smb shares (it's like two clicks).

Also TrueNAS uses ZFS which is good for what it is, but means you basically need a machine running TrueNAS to read/write the drives in case something goes wrong.

Corgana , 5 months ago to linuxmemes in I don't...

My pet peeve is when people complain someone else's free labor isn't being done in the way they'd prefer. First of all, it's entitled. Secondly, complaining on social media rarely if ever accomplishes anything in FOSS land.

Corgana , 6 months ago to Technology in Reuters has taken down -- globally -- an important hacking-for-profit investigation that included details about an Indian hacking entrepreneur -- because he got a court in that country to say so.

My gut says that this is probably not appeasement but a subtle rebellious act. They could have edited the article or geoblocked it just in India, but instead they removed it altogether, adding to the story and ultimatley bringing even more attention to it.

Corgana , 7 months ago to Technology in The new Twitter is becoming a cesspit of disinformation

This isn't pointed out enough, IMO. People act like it went sharply downhill under Musk but this is the platform that enabled extremists for years and only even banned Trump when he literally tried to overthrow democracy. Maybe Twitter was good in like 2010 but I really don't think Musk changed THAT much about it.