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Mental Outlaw | Lemmy - The FOSS & Federated Reddit Alternative (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In this video I show off some different Lemmy instances and discuss why the lemmyverse and even some individual Lemmy instances can become a better alternative to Reddit.

(via. Odysee)

I dunno how the community collectively feels about Mental Outlaw in sum, but there's content of his that has its way of piquing my interests. He just put up a video showcasing Lemmy, some instances, and the mechanics/interactions between them. Probably old news for many of us, but I think it's always pretty cool to see Lemmy get its mention.

Beehaw specifically got its mention through the video and he briefly touches on Beehaw's defederation from sh.itjust.works. I'm pretty confident he disagrees with the decision, but his opinion and description of things struck me as balanced and respectable enough. I'd wager that a more precise description of the intrigue would likely take as much time as the video itself.

Any thoughts on Mental Outlaw's coverage of either Lemmy in sum or Beehaw? Anyone else seen creators they keep their eyes on give mention of Lemmy?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isn't he right-wing, LiBeRtArIaN? I could be thinking of someone else, though. Not a fan of his.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you might be thinking about Luke Smith

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There are so many Linuxy YouTube Guys With Terrible Politics(tm) that it's really not that hard to confuse them with each other.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What deeply frustrates me about it is that a lot of people who would otherwise be big advocates for FOSS software get completely turned off by creeps like this being absolutely everywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Then they never believed in it to begin with. Freedom comes with a cost.

It's not surprising that people who have unacceptable views seek out the freest medium to express them. That's always been the case.

You need the crazies to be crazy for alternate media to exist.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yes he is pretty well. I still watch him because he is mostly interesting. I would say he is in the overly paranoid bucket when it comes to personal government surveillance. Pretty sure I heard him load a rifle in one of his videos talking about gun control recently. As an Australian, that was just bizarre to me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don’t know about a rifle, but there was at least one video of his recently where he draws a pistol to help drive a point home. Maybe it’s only because I’m from California, but even as an American that bit was jarring. I said it elsewhere in a comment for this post, but in sum I know to give his work a skeptical lens before I decide to take it in.

Ironically his videos ultimately helped me to become less paranoid about government and corporate data collection. His work help shows that no countermeasures taken will be absolutely bulletproof in protecting from data collection, and that the kind of work and changes needed to get somewhere closer to absolute feels like a mountain. Personally I have my respect for people with the resolve to see that through, but for the kind of experiences and tech I want in my life, there’s no way I could get close to that kind of dedication to privacy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Man, the idea of having a gun strapped to your hip while making a YouTube video is.. interesting. On balance though, I'm in the same boat as you. Hardcore security focussed technology reaches diminishing returns and seems to exponentially decrease the user experience.

Certainly Mental Outlaw helped me get into using Linux and caring about my online privacy and security, so I'm thankful to him for that.