you dont have to do it alone <3

This a shitpost in a humor community, so I’m probably over thinking it… But from the very first time I saw that text, it felt a bit like a heterosexual man joking that his dick would fix a lesbian. Not a huge fan. This version with an anime background somehow makes it worse.

I wish there was something between World of Warships and Mr. Here’s Literal Hours Worth of Interactive Presentations to Learn my Bespoke Mechanics. I haven’t found the time, nor the strength, to have another go at it—I’m not sure if I ever will. Neat concept, though.

going to developing countries where it’s easier to earn money and have fun.

Curious, what countries exactly are you thinking of?

Fun requires being alive, requires money, requires work, demands time. Getting fun can get complicated. There isn’t a true answer to this conundrum as far as I know—not an inspiring one, at least. Makes me think about what human life is supposed to look like.

If I see a comment with 12 replies, all from the same instance, all just the same emoji over and over, I don’t care that it’s small, that’s spam to me. They have their culture, so let them have fun. But I’m not part of it, so leave me out, it’s annoying. I think both of these are fair takes.

Maybe this is part of why I keep bouncing off Mastodon. It feels tight-knit. It’s about individuals, about relationships.

I don’t fit in such a system. I’ve nothing to offer in a relationship, I cannot be a “comrade.” Still, I want news, media, and easily accessible knowledge being shared.

So, I’m a lurker, a consumer. I tend towards anonymous forums and spaces centered around topics rather than people. Or, I seek celebrities, and sellers, and content creators.

Either sort-of give me something I want, while Mastodon doesn’t. Too focused on the people, but without big names to follow.

I’d like to visit the center of the sun.

A spiral, going downwards with no bottom in sight.

I think you answered your own question? It depends on meaning and context, not just words themselves. And while positive messages intersect the overarching topic, they’re different enough that we can’t just bundle them together and treat them in the same fashion.

I like Big Dick Energy though. Can we keep that?

Can’t handle the magnitude of that question on my own, I’m afraid.

I feel like most people are wildly inconsistent on this. Fat shaming? Small dick energy? How about mental illness? Baldness for some reason? Disabilities? Oh, we could probably go on about those. Some people seemingly decide a line is too simple and draw a complex sine function instead.

My rule is to try to be decent. Sometimes, I even succeed. But I don’t think I’m very good at it, and neither are most of you. Bunch of hypocrites, we are.

You could point out typos and mistakes without being condescending.

You could say Bluesky is… picking up Steam, eh?

Sorry, I have no new or interesting insights to offer, I’d hope most already get what’s happening, anyway.

Which marketing and better how, exactly?

Can anyone please point me an example of Bluesky marketing that isn’t word of mouth or large-event headlines on the news?

The wonders of ActivityPub allow Mastodon users to interact with Lemmy, actually. Wild stuff.

Putting aside control and anecdotes, neither of which would be fair to comment on without more context and a lengthier discussion, this breaks the email metaphor a bit, doesn’t it?

The Fediverse is just like email, where we all talk to each other, except Outlook blocked Gmail because MS and Google had a fight during a meeting so you’re gonna have to migrate to Yahoo or learn to self-host.

That’s not necessarily a criticism, I just find it funny.

Maybe you’re already aware, but bluesky doesn’t operate with instances like in ActivityPub land.

I’ve seen many people I believe are using their own PDS, but yes, discoverability is likely better because a relay is meant to aggregate and share all data it can (look up “bluesky firehose”).

P.S. Mastodon’s devs are part of a new initiative to improve this area of the Fediverse. Because it’s so recent, we’ll have to wait to see how it goes.

Speaking of features, I’m somewhat surprised more people aren’t interested in Misskey and co., especially compared to Mastodon’s overwhelming share of the Fediverse pie.

Maybe on Bluesky they start with one person less calling them tards.

FWIW you can probably report that. While trying Bluesky, I reported some crappy stuff and I can’t remember any that was still up when I checked later.

How did she find my account?

Just like Mastodon/AP, data is mostly public by default. I assume it doesn’t take much to find new accounts to spam. We’re usually talking about bots here, not normal user accounts, just to be clear.