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I would like communities to be a better place for discussion. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thank you, it's nice knowing I'm not the only one.

I would like communities to be a better place for discussion. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Yes, link aggregation is one of the main feature of reddit. And I guess it's a main feature here as well. But another feature on both sites is also the text-post that can be used to promote discussion among users. But they are so few and far between they drown in all the post with links to new-site of less than good quality.

Of course there are webforums, but the one that are still active are usually single topic webforums. Like for example windows 10 forums, or a rc-helicopter/remote-drone forum. This place is a much better place to discuss a wide range of topics inside the correct community, anything from gardening, to politics, to power electronics. That's why I would enjoy a common place in the fediverse to meet people :)

I would like communities to be a better place for discussion. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

To avoid making my post a 1000 word essay, I've omitted some detail to get my point across.

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I would like communities to be a better place for discussion. (beehaw.org)
 

Both here and on reddit communities/subreddits, especially big ones, is a difficult place to hold a discussion on the topic of that community. Take for example technology, I could enjoy to discuss anything from SR-IOV to maglev trains. But the technology subs are filled with business news of companies run by eccentric billionaires. Even when the news article is a somewhat interesting topic many "news" site are so filled with ads and autoplay videos I close them immediately.

I would enjoy seeing what other people have on there their mind, and see it bring interesting discussions. Instead all these communities drown in posts of links to news site. And the comment-section on those type of post isn't the right place for a "philosophical" discussions that would otherwise be on topic for that sub/community, but exactly align with topic of that post or news article.

Some old fashion webforum have a separate subforum-section dedicated to posting links to external sites, leaving that place open to actual discussion. Reddit have flairs, but few people use them. So still the problems remain that text post would drown in the hundreds of link posts, leaving the text-post empty.

What are your thoughts on this?

I hope this isn't too much negativity from my part. I would only like to see something better than what we have now.

The most elegant key change in all of pop music in c/[email protected]
Finally ordered an used Thinkpad! in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I haven't tried NixOS yet, but many things about it appeals to me. I could put it on my old laptop I guess.

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m.2 nvme ssd on pcie expansion card. (beehaw.org)
 

Does anyone have any experience how well m.2 pcie expansion card work? With the current prices of nvme it's not that expensive get 4tb m.2 drives. Outright speed isn't the most important, so it not big deal if some pcie lanes have to be shared. My 'worry' is that when I upgrade my computer it might not recognize the m.2 adapter. That's why I'm thinking 4tb 2.5" sata SSDs are probably a safer option, like the Samsung QVO 4tb drive. I'm not running the OS on it, it's just for general data storage.

For me this mean I can finally ditch the old 4tb WD drive I have and go pure SSD (I have a NAS for backup of course). I know I can get a 8tb and 10tb 3.5 drives for the same roughly the same price, but I'm not a datahoarder or anything so don't need that amount of storage. That's why the idea of going pure SSD in appealing.

Just hoping to see some ideas thrown around, and see what you guys think.

Request for advice: talk me out of upgrading my PC in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

You will get better framerate with a newer GPU, but if you already have playable FPS then you can wait with the upgrade. I don't see any point getting a better CPU for your motherboard unless you have many tasks you know are CPU limited for you. For games I'm sure there will be little difference. And getting a new cpu/motherboard/ram is basically building a new computer. It's better to wait a few more years.

You ever think about how borders and countries are just some extreme rich guy shit that we've all been trained to believe are real? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you over oversimplifying somewhat. Most countries have a very deep history and a long chain of events that leeds to what is now their countries and borders. There has been plenty of kings and rulers of different lands, and wars fought over said land, but again this have evolved a lot over the ages.

One idea you're touching, that borders aren't real can be a good one. When astronauts take their first trip to space some of them are almost overwhelmed by whats called the 'overview effect'. Seeing earth as a blue marble, with no borders and realizing we all share this small island of life we call earth circling around the sun. In this regard it would be nice in a distant future that what country you were born into has no limits to you possibilities in life. and no one will judge you because you live on the "wrong" side of a border.

So yeah, I think about it from time to time.

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I don't think we should strive to have as big a userbase as reddit. (beehaw.org)
 

Many of us have seen it happening in the last 4-5 years. reddit subs, and reddit in general has become a bit s***. Of course there are still good subs, especially the truly niche ones can often have a small helpful crowd. But with 100s of thousands of users, some sub drown in hate and negativity.

I've been thinking about why. With the offical reddit app, reddit is as easy as facebook, many people even refer the the platform as an "app". Perhaps this ease of use attracts the wrong kind of people. This place is currently very far removed from this. You applied to get in, you chose this instance on the fediverse among a selection of other instances.

Calling it a concern would overstating things, but I think maybe we shouldn't strive to become as ubiquitous as reddit has become. A couple of 100K users on this instance and maybe a couple of million spread across the fediverse is enough users. The 'gate' you have to go through to register actually makes this place so much better than reddit.

What are your thought?

What makes a car special to you? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In cities or close by cities this is not a problem. I'm from norway, the country is big, but with few people. So the train or bus doesn't go where I need to go. Last week I was going to a place 25km away from my home. I was thinking of taking the bug but it would take 1h14m. with my car it is a little under 30minutes.

Then there taking stuff home. A few weeks ago I needed some planting soil for my garden. I only needed 3 bags with 40L of dirt. But imaging taking that on the train or the bus. People living a apartments in cities don't have this problem. But other people leed other lives.

What makes a car special to you? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

For me there are many levels of 'special' cars. One level is the great cars through history, Mercedes SL300, Ferrari F40, Mclaren F1 and the likes. Another level is the engineering in cars like the koenigseggs gemera that go from 0-200kph faster than many cars do 0-100kph. The carbonfiber wheels are hand made. A Swede is handlaying layers of carbon fibers cloth, before adding resin and then curing process. The modern mclarens are also fascinating engineering wise.

The last level are cars that it's possible for me to own, right now I have a BMW. don't know what I'll get next. Some porches are nice, maybe my priorities change I'll just get a Polestar 2 or something. Anyways I like BMWs, maybe i'll get an old 3 series like an E92 to have as a summer car.

should we be discussing reddit less? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I think it's natural that reddit will be discussed a lot during the next few weeks. We might see a new spike around june 30th when the API get restricted (cost money). From then on it will slowly die down, I hope. As a topic it might never die completely. People still talk about digg, and true old timers bring up BBS's and such. Many of us, me included are reddit refuges, I think it's natural to help vent some frustration by discussing it with peers on this instance.

soliciting a new round of community suggestions in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Shame this happened while 'most' of us Europeans were asleep.

Fragmentation around the Fediverse. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh definitely, I'm hoping this place last for decades. And I think since the fediverse is FOSS that is much more likely.

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Fragmentation around the Fediverse. (beehaw.org)
 

I'm a fairly new users, but I feel that navigating around the fediverse is a bit cumbersome, maybe the wrong word for it. But there is a lack of overview in a way. I enjoy being on this server, but I also like to follow other communities. Lots of different topics, everything from cars to Linux to architecture.

Right now there are 10 (that I could find on browse.feddit.de) instances named Linux on different server. So the small number of Linux users using some fediverse instance is spread around over many servers. Coming from reddit, things were far from perfect over there, but there is only r/Linux. It's a shame users are spread so thin all over the place.

I used Linux as an example, I've seen the same "problem" for other topics as well. Anyways, just my perspective as a new users. Hope this wasn't too much of a rant, maybe we can look at this as an issue where the fediverse can improve.

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My subscriptions from other instances are all "pending" (beehaw.org)
 

I have subscribed to a few other communities around the fediverse. But all my subscriptions that are not local to beehaw.org are still pending. I made an account before last weekend, so I'm a fairly new user.

Also, what happens with my pending subscriptions to the "cars" community on lemmy.world now that it has been defederated? It's not important, I'm only wondering what I should expect.

I'm still new, so is there something I should have done?

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X-post: Here's how it's going to go down. (beehaw.org)
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Revolution OS, a documentary about Linux. (www.youtube.com)
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Discussions on Reddit was often exhausting and mentally draining. How can we make it less so on the fediverse? (beehaw.org)
 

A bit too often taking part in discussions on Reddit was just mentally draining. Initially the topic looks so promising and I would love to discuss it. But too often people were not interested in sharing ideas beyond their own opinion, and many people were obsessed with "winning" the discussion.

Trying so discuss the finer points back and forth in a satisfying way was a rare occasion. Even In not so big subreddits you would think were filled with like minded people this was difficult. and comments were trying to end the discussion instead of coming with an idea and trying to further it.

How can we all promote good discussion on this site or the wider fediverse?

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