Very good point - I think however it's worth noting the lack of the NSDA's addressing of the judges biases and the high levels of debate within that organization the specific people oversee.

Regardless, and to the authors point, if an alternative org is provided that people prefer, it will gain popularity.

Sweet, like 30 years to late and for a dying industry.

Super cool and great find. I always wanted one of these

I think it can encourage unintended behaviors like karma farming.

I've seen similar trends in some FPS games in which during immediate game play your kill to death ratio is hidden to keep people engaged with the main loop instead of getting worked up over their stats.

Strongly smells of clickbait for boomers

The reality is that there was/is no reddit alternative and right now we're all in this transitory phase where we're all looking for a new home. We'll all just have to wait for the dust to settle. Lemmy isn't perfect but is improving and additionally other alternatives like kbin and tildes are in the works.

To your larger point, much of what you're feeling is the abrupt break in habits. I've been using the gap to develop more positives ones, and it's been great.

Effectively just two different methods to access the Fediverse. They each have different thought processes on how to do that, and both are at different stages in their development with kbin being the newest of the two.

I'm watching kbin's development as I really like its intended ability to interface directly with say Mastodon, but as its stands it's not quite their yet imo.

Dude I don't wanna think about cleaning a machine like that... or rather the lack of cleaning....

Yeah I hate this and usually the menu is just a huge PDF you have to zoom in on and move around.

It's becoming super difficult now to be honest. I think I'm about to bite the bullet this weekend and just get a usb-c to 3.5mm adapter although it pains me deeply.

What phone do you use??? I'm looking at the S23 at the moment but I'm still on an S8 lol

GIVE ME BACK MY DAMN 3.5MM HEADPHONE JACK ON MY PHONE!!!

I strongly recommend doing a deep dive into some genres over at Bandcamp if you haven't already.

I was of the same opinion for a while, but I think you'll be pleasantly surprised if you check into the lesser known music corners.