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Why do people host Lemmy instances and how do they pay for them? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (8 children)

What does it actually cost? I have no basis for a ballpark guess even. I've seen this question asked to a number of admins and haven't seen a direct answer.

It's hard to judge how sustainable a donation based approach is without that info.

You choose what instance you are on. Quit the pseudointellectual whining. in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't this a case of take your own advice?

Many instances have already defederated lots of stuff. If you feel strongly about that shouldn't you migrate there over asking other instances to do the same thing? Seems like if he wanted to he would have here by now.

All just feel like fediverse problems and IMO the action should be take ~2 weeks off line and then evaluate there all the shit lands and decide. In thedude's shoes, I would have already pulled the plug on this as way to much hassle to get into the middle of. Props to him for not.

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Based on betting sites, I see an estimated 83% chance Zuckerberg wins if they do it.

Seems more likely Musk backs out but I don't see those odds being tracked.

Announcement: Embracing a New Chapter: Towards a Community-Guided Direction and Accepting Donations in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 28 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I'm pretty worried we will end up with more of an HOA then a democracy.

Not sure we can get the sort of voting going that will attract more then the local busy bodies.

(Beehaw.org) ANNOUNCEMENT: defederating effective immediately from lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If both a member of Beehaw and a member of lemmy.world are on a community on a third instance (like midwest.social), our comments and posts are invisible to eachother, like the other isn't there

Is that really how it works? It's contrary to my understanding but I can't find that covered in the documentation.

I assumed that the discussion on a post on a 3rd party server would be served by the 3rd party and I would still see comments from beehaw users on that posts.

Fighting against anti-lemmy misinformation on reddit in c/foss@beehaw.org

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's even funnier/worse then I expected.

Jerboa notices that's a link and makes it click able but clicking it opens my default email client instead of anything lemmy.

You guys hate carpet in the bathroom? I can one up that. My parents have a bathroom with carpet that goes up the bathtub walls! Bonus points for the terrible wallpaper. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Is such a funny mix of "must be so retro" and "that carpet still looks new

Jerboa and Newpipe in c/jerboa@lemmy.ml

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago

There is a fork of NewPipe which supports sponsorblock. That clips out the segments your talking about. Mainline NewPipe won't support that as an ethical stance so only in the fork.

What search engine do you use? (and why?) in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It's only a few bucks a month. I think so.

The only thing I don't like is needing to be logged in to search. That always feels like a huge invasion of privacy. The at least claim that they don't log search contents though

Lemmy preparing for the u/Spez interview in c/memes@lemmy.ml

[–] zarquon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's actually different about it?