Maybe they’re doing “server maintenance” for the next 48 hours so the blackout seems like it was just planned maintenance lmao

expert posters that would write 2 intelligent pages on a subject.

Basically the main thing I’m looking for in my replacement tbh.

Like the antiwork fiasco. I remember the astroturfing going on where they tried to move people over to “work reform” aka we like work and bosses are good!

I’m certain some awesome apps will come along, the openness of the fediverse makes it an excellent opportunity for whomever decides to put in the work

Music to my ears. I mean honestly it just feels right compared to being essentially held hostage by chokepoint capitalism and all its fucking dark patterns and data mining.

This feels just like when reddit took over from digg. Except a lot of folks remember that and are not going for another closed source VC funded platform, so yeah I think lemmy/kbin will be the new home for this type of thing. For me it will be

I like how some subreddits use base64 encoding to share linkz. I even use the chrome extension

Looking pretty typical Assassin’s Creed. They just keep churning them out. That said, I’m playing Odyssey right now and it’s actually incredible so it could be good! I just wish they’d incorporate more Prince of Persia type mechanics. The parkour is extremely dull compared to the awesome parkour puzzles from the Prince of Persia. These games are supposed to be spiritual successors but they really don’t hold a candle to PoP

You don’t really have to quit cold turkey. When I stopped using Digg I’d go back now and then but Reddit had become my go to. I phased it out over a little less than a month.

Depends how the tech unfolds. I’m sure there will be major improvements made once adoption reaches critical mass.