Video basically explaining how to use named grid columns to avoid those negative margins for breakout and full-width sections

I see talk here and there about how any company or individual can easily use anything we post on Lemmy however they want. This could include AI training, behavior analysis, or user profiling. With the recent news of Reddit data being sold and licensed for AI training, I thought this would be a great time to preemptively discuss how we feel about this topic and brainstorm ways to discourage unwanted use of the content we post.

I’ve seen some users add a license to the end of each of their comments. One idea might be this: Add a feature to Lemmy where each user can choose a content license that applies to everything they post. For example, one user might choose to no rights for their content (like CC0) because they don’t care how their data is used. Another user might not want companies profiting off their posts, so they’d choose a more restrictive license.

I’m eager to here everyone’s thoughts on the whole topic, so to kick things off:

1. Do you care how your public data and posted content is used? Why or why not?
2. What do you think of choosing a content license for your Lemmy account? Does this contradict the FOSS model?
3. Should Lemmy have features to protect user data/content in this way, or should that be left up to the user to figure out on their own?

Data is becoming an increasingly valuable commodity in the digital world. Hopefully these big-picture conversations can help us see what we value as a community and be more prepared for the future.

Hey testers! New update just dropped.

If you're new here, Lemmynade is the refreshing web app for Lemmy, currently in development. The goal is to make Lemmy more powerful, approachable, useable, and sustainable. Follow !lemmynade@lemm.ee for announcements and updates like these.

This release brings a new compact feed style, experimental video support, and a unique algorithm to help you find interesting communities on Lemmy. Read on for the full list of changes.

Open Lemmynade →

What's New

• Community Discovery has been added to the Search tab in three sections—Trending, Popular, and New. Most notably, the Trending communities section uses a unique blend of algorithms that refreshes with undiscovered communities every 10 minutes. Never run out of topics to follow again!
• The Compact Feed can now be selected as Feed Style in your Appearance settings.
• Video Support has arrived. Watch videos directly in your feed and have them autoplay as you scroll. (Note: This feature is experimental and some videos may not load. Only YouTube links and direct links to videos are supported for now. YouTube videos are partially routed through Piped or Invidious in attempt to protect your privacy.)
• Profile Editing has been added in the Account tab.
• You can now copy user and community mentions from the context menu. This makes it easier to mention a community or user in your comments and posts. (Tap and hold on any community name or username to show the context menu)
• You can now search and filter your communities if you follow or moderate any.
• You can now open direct links, videos, and images right from the ••• menu on a post.

Fixed & Improved

• The Lemmynade icon has been redesigned based on community feedback. (You'll need to delete and reinstall Lemmynade to use the new icon if you've installed it to your home screen)
• In preparation for sharing features and search engine indexing, Lemmynade no longer requires the access key previously listed in the community sidebar. This was a temporary measure to filter out bad actors and focus on testing.
• The Explore tab has been renamed to "Search" for clarity.
• On community pages, more of the description is visible so you don't need extra taps or clicks.
• To prepare for the future ✨, Settings have been rearranged a bit. Impressive, I know.
• Sometimes, if you got your username or password wrong, Lemmynade would tell you that your instance was not valid. This wasn't always true, so it has been fixed.
• Local/remote indicators next to usernames and communities have been removed to reduce clutter. You can now tap-and-hold on community names and usernames to immediately see what instance they're from.
• As a subtle nod to one of the original readers, the "My Feed" icon was changed to a newspaper.

If you have any questions or ideas, submit feedback or drop a comment below. Enjoy!

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Note: If you deeply loathe app icons, feel free to skip this post.

Hey all—hope your February is going well!

After some stellar feedback, Lemmynade will be sunsetting its old icon for a new, more refreshing one. For those of you absolutely devastated by this, rest assured—the legacy cup icon may or may not be available to use again someday.

You'll see the new icon go live next week along with the next Lemmynade release. Stay tuned!

– silas

I've been enjoying this library for advanced list filtering and search operations lately. Just wanted to share for those that haven't heard of it

I recall someone mentioning a way to do it through an ActivityPub “resolve object” endpoint (or something like that) but I couldn’t find anything on it again. #1101 will solve this, but how are you guys handling this in the meantime?