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All I see are rows of empty questions. Did something scare everyone away? Don't tell me everything got empty after the last drama happened.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago

Got banned from Reddit. Also Reddit is acting like a piece of shit

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

Thanks for this post. Yet another power tripper that is blocked (from the drama link)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 17 hours ago

We're all in better Ask Lemmy on .world

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

No idea about anyone else, but I tend to only chime in if the question spurs some kind of thought, or I have a story that matches, or some other kind of quasi useful input.

So it can be weeks before I jump in, or multiples in the same day.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of the time I'll read a thread, realise I have nothing useful to add, and move on.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Many is the time I've gotten halfway through typing a response only to lose interest in my own opinion.

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

Oh man, that’s the wor

[–] [email protected] 2 points 19 hours ago

I browse all and the front page of lemmy.ml. I don't usually seek out specific communities.

Are you sure you want my answers?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Askreddit was always lame as shit. We're on lemmy to have vicious massive arguments that are completely inscrutable to anyone right of Kim Il-Sung.

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

Ah, the proudest of leftist traditions: Disagreeing with other leftists. Serves us right for not being brain-dead reactionaries. Can't spell critical thinking without the C, I and A.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Good point, everyone filled up their block lists because of the shitty election and the shitty First-past-the-post voting system dividing the working class against itself.

Don't forget to block me to!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 15 hours ago

If I block you, you'll still be exposed to the blinding genius of my politics. You just won't be able to reply in a way I'll see.

Is that what you want?

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

I'm mostly being hyperbolic. Struggle sessions pop up on lemmygrad or hexbear every few months or so, but they're no big deal.

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

What is this drama this person is talking about?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

Probably the thing about a lemy.ml admin doxing some random user some 25 times. Which is VERY not ok.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

How is linking to freely and publicly available information to their profile links considered doxxing?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

It looks like it's a different situation. One thing is linking one account to other account, if it's relevant. Other thing is leaving all your stuff at once, perfect for someone stalking you. That person was completely stalking that user.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 hours ago

Yeah well, that's not doxxing.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago

I know beggars can’t be choosers and if every rule breaking post was removed this community would probably only have a few posts left- but frankly, most of the questions just aren’t very good

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

I answer if I see it and I can answer

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

I'm here, I don't answer to anywhere near all questions I see though.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Nothing but anecdotal, but it kinda looks like Bluesky is becoming a thing. Couple that with a lot of people taking a step back from the world right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

brazil jumped from twitter, that was a huge part of it. the election caused another wave.

bluesky is just twitter with faux-federation. it will end up with the same issues eventually when its board decides to recoup.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

The dotnet conference is happening right now and I was surprised to hear a couple of the speakers advertising their Bluesky. They had accounts on other social media too, but that seemed to be their main one. These are tech enthusiasts so it makes some sense, but it's always seemed like an afterthought whenever I've seen profiles linked before.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

What's Bluesky? First time hearing that

[–] [email protected] 1 points 19 hours ago

You're living under a rock, aren't you? I keep reading about it nearly everywhere, way more than I would like to.

It's a microblogging platform, i.e. replacement for Twitter: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluesky

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

Bluesky grew by a million users in a week.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

that's in interesting perspective since i'm seeing the opposite with responses to all the questions.

i go through asklemmy every morning while i'm caffeinating at the start of each day because the questions usually wake me up with a WTF or a TIL.

i must be on their blocked list. lol

also: i wonder at how it weighs on your soul & outlook to feel like you have to curate such a list in a safe space.