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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. I only got back into reading in the past year. I think I stopped because I was trying to read books that I thought I should enjoy. So finding one or more of the education, evolution or escape motivations has helped.

I've never seen this YouTube channel before but I liked this video so much that I subscribed. So thanks for that too.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

If I'm reading a book, I normally give it a couple of chapters. If I don't like the style of writing or the story isn't engaging, it's very unlikely that it will get better later on.

If I'm listening to an audiobook, I give it a lot longer because I'm usually doing something else while listening and there's less effort required to progress.

A recent exception is The Power. I read that until 49% because it was okay. Somewhat interesting but I just didn't care about the characters and I hated the writing style. I thought I should like it more because it was a bestseller and turned into a TV show. I got around to reading reviews which confirmed that it wasn't just me who didn't get it and I'm so glad I stopped. I should've dropped it after two chapters.

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

Yeah, I was massively disappointed. I hope they can get Jason on as a guest.

 

I didn't know Ron, Huyen and Mishaal had kicked off a new show last week. I'm glad they did. Has a completely different vibe to the others I've tried. I gave up on Android Central. Material podcast wasn't my thing. I still listen to Android Police because of Daniel and Ara. I even gave Tech News Weekly a shot because Jason is a great host.

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

The business that responded in the article does functions. I doubt that the handful of car spaces right outside his business provide the majority of his customers. So most people are either walking from further away, or using alternate transport.

But no, let's make Sydney Road less safe because fuck you.

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

Did they explain why they ended it? I'm currently listening to it so maybe the reason is coming up. I'm a loyal listener and so a bit devastated and shocked that it wasn't announced in advance.

It's one of the most engaging shows I listen to so I'd be surprised if it was because of a shrinking audience.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Yep copy it over please.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Myki was a shitshow when it was introduced. This is just more of the same.

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

Funny how removing street parking from Sydney Road somehow means that nobody will be able to get to Sydney Road causing businesses to shut down.

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

I just watched Follow Her. It's not really low budget but more a B Grade thriller. But I really enjoyed it. Good story, a few twists. I won't say any more in case of spoilers.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks. Yes I understand where you're coming from. But I also agree with your other responder. I wouldn't be too quick to underestimate people. I'm not white, I'm over 35 and in a sexual minority.

I think that if someone has made the effort to learn how to use Reddit because they were able to find a community they belong to outside of Facebook or Twitter, understanding Federation isn't a huge learning curve if you're already using email.

Even if you're a non technical user, there are enough of the massive subreddits that went dark that these people wouldn't be able to easily ignore what was happening, or be at least mildly interested in why it was happening.

To me, the changes with Reddit's APIs simply highlight the disconnect between Reddit as an organisation vs Reddit as a platform for building community.

Maybe it's a naive view, but other than the moderation tools, the reason that communities have grown to be safe places is because of the unpaid work of moderators, not because of Reddit's leadership. If users appreciated why moderators and 3rd party app devs are pissed off, they would understand that the power of their community comes from the bottom up and moderators hold a lot of influence.

Regardless, it will be interesting to watch moderators wait for other moderators to decide which should come first, the chicken or the egg.

 

I'm pretty happy with the experience on Lemmy so far as I joined even before the blackouts started happening. The trigger was the dumpster fire of an AMA with the CEO. I tried kbin first because it's supposed to be newer and more interoperable with other federated platforms but I found the instance I was on wouldn't properly load content from Lemmy and I couldn't find a kbin Android app. So I'll be here for the time being.

During the shitstorm on Twitter and the exodus to Mastodon, I tried out Mastodon and felt that it was a similarly welcoming experience. But I kept reading comments on Reddit that the Fediverse was too complicated and it was too hard to find people to follow because you needed their username as well as their instance to find them. I hope people have realised that it's not that much harder during this current Reddit shitshow.

Everyone understands that Reddit/Lemmy/kbin is built on community, and the growth of this community has been fostered by moderators, not Reddit itself. So my question to any subreddit moderators is: Is there something about the Fediverse that would prevent you from moving your community off Reddit? It seems pretty clear that people will try Reddit alternatives even before their favourite subreddits have moved. Users are engaged with the communities that you have built and loyal to the 3rd party app developers and we don't give a fuck about Reddit as an organisation.

Discussion open to everyone, but curious to know if any moderators are also using Lemmy.