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It’s just tribalism. This is ingrained in us. Our group good. Other group bad. It’s survival.

Doesn’t make it right. Or logical. Best we can do is check ourselves when we have these thoughts or perform these actions. And to call out others who do it.

abbreviation wave !!r

Arbitration waiver*

The github discussion is interesting. I don’t think the arbitration clause is going to hold

It doesn’t really answer the question where the money is going, does it? Only why it’s being charged.

Edit:

Revenue from ticket sales goes to: paying for our online venue (QiQo), various supporting web services and automation, human support and facilitation, various promotional activities (handouts, stickers at other events, direct promotion to potential attendees / software demo participants / session hosts, social media), website management, graphic design, the editing of session notes and the production of demo videos published after the event, accounting and other bureaucracy and more.

The real guide is still either outdated or doesn’t take into account that there’s a lot more steps. But considering it’s been 2 years, I don’t hold that against the author

I think that’s too simplified and it will create expectations that aren’t true, because It’s more like this:

1. Choose instance

2. Read & agree to Mastadon rules

3. Read & agree to (instance) privacy terms

4. Create account

5. Tap the verification link in your email

6. Solve the Captcha

7. Get a list of people/users to follow (why these people? What is it based on?)

8. Setup profile

9. Done!

You’re gonna be constructive about this or just call names? Also, FS hasn’t posted for what feels like months.

If you long press on a comment for actions and then hit “user”, you see the option to add a label at the bottom of that menu.

A bit hidden, I agree, but very useful.

Would be a great selling point over centralized alternatives too. “take control of your own experience” and all that. Reddit will never be able to achieve that level

You’re very right. Blocking when they are being an asshole is just putting your head in the sand. It might feel petty but remember that others are probably also impacted by their shitty behaviour.

Thunder too, installed it specifically for user tags!

Would threatening with a good time be counted as a threat or harassment? 🤔

edit: this was a joke unrelated to the topic at hand. I see how this could be construed as not taking the “Nicole” DMs seriously, so I apologise.

Would not recommend Sync, last update was March 2024 and there’s issues with reporting DMs, cross-posting and more. Just scroll through the community to get a general vibe of the userbase: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world.

I personally use Thunder now, and I have used Eternity too. Both support account switching.

What do they actually want? They have a Discord server and everything.

I like this a lot. Using lemm.ee isn’t mandatory, as you can choose “pick another server” the moment you try to comment. For a moment I was wary that this would just send everyone to 1 instance.

I like this!

The userbase here is quite technical so there are many of you able to contribute.

As a project manager, I can help by ballooning the scope and setting the deadline to yesterday! Doing my part!

Good point. I don’t have all the answers to this predicament, but I think most of us agree that we need to improve on the onboarding experience.

I agree, but people (read: instance owners) might disagree who gets to be seen up top and who won’t make that cut.

It’s a tough dilemma in itself, I will say. In the end, I think we should move this part of the joining experience until after new users are familar with the software.

So new users land at “lemmy.noob” or something, and when they are ready to spread their wings, they can choose the things I showed above to go and find the right home for them.

join-lemmy.org already has this in a way:

Yes, and if you join a German-speaking instance as a non-German speaking user, the experience will also be subpar. Hence I talked about content, not language.