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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • I had a similar issue and honestly I would just recommend worrying about it later. Don’t force it, just try it when you have some free time.

    I started off with dual boot to play with Linux and jump to windows when I need it. Then eventually to full Linux once I realized I never actually needed it to do all my work.

    I recommend Linux mint as its the most similar to windows and is built for new Linux users. I tried Ubuntu first and the experience was pretty bad, but I learned much quicker in mint and had a much better experience right away.




  • I just use reddit for basic news on specific products I’m looking forward to, and the occasional time I need to search a specific question on it.

    After trying out Lemmy, I used a script to delete mass edit/delete all my stuff in reddit, deleted the account, and never went back. I find no enjoyment in commenting on reddit anymore so it was an easy decision.

    I agree Lemmy has a long way to go, but I only see it getting better from here which is enough for me to stick with it.

    Now that you mention it though, communities do kinda feel empty. Not as in a lack of users/content, but that theres nothing in them that try to promote discussion like “weekly discussions” you would see on reddit. Its more or less entirely some random post by someone, or a news post.

    As someone who only cares about news and the discussion around that news, Lemmy satisfies me pretty well. But for people who want a more social experience (probably most people), Lemmy begins to fall apart quickly.

    Right now, I think the memes community is really the only active social one.




  • You will get downvoted in any disagreement, that’s not exclusive to reddit or Lemmy, that happens in any social media with downvotes.

    The purpose of downvotes is to show what the general people in that common section think about your comment. You shouldn’t give any hoot about it other than the info it provides.

    Obviously, if you are talking in controversal topics or ones with conflicting sides, you are gonna see alot of downvotes. Its just people expressing their opinion.

    Echo chambers are just a natural part of communities. People often come to feel validated so they stick to ones with the same thoughts as them. I don’t recommend trying to argue/discuss with people who only want to “win” cuz there’s nothing to gain.

    Talk with those who argue because they want to learn or understand something better. (or perhaps help you learn something new)


  • Pretty much any trait that awful people usually have. I feel these kind of people are pretty easy to spot usually.

    Lacking basic manners, can’t be bother to do small things that can help others, greedy to a point that hurts other and is OK with that, only looks at people as tools/resources, only argues to win instead of to teach/learn, and the list goes on forever.

    It becomes a lot harder to despise people if they don’t have any of the usual awful person traits.

    I do hate it when people ask to ask though, that always annoys me to no end. Just tell me what you need help with lol





  • Content is basically avaliable to everyone regardless of what you end up choosing. At worst, they can block an instance from interacting with another.

    Most problems can just be solved by moving to a new instance that meets your needs. Or if you really must, make your own with your own rules.

    My concern is an instance shutting down and losing access to all that information. I can always make a new account, but losing all that info from the entire instance could be a big problem. Maybe by then tho people will archive them somehow.

    The most extreme case I can think of would be instances blocking everyone but themselves or a few select instances, and forcing everyone within them to follow their rules to access it. But I feel like that would be hard to pull off, people would just jump ship way before it gets to that point.