smoothbrain coldtakes

Votes are unimportant, and the sooner you stop caring about them the easier it is to interact on the site without feeling attacked.

Is it satisfying to see a big number next to your comment? Sure, but the more you think of it as just talking with people even if you ultimately disagree it’s a healthier environment.

I found Alexandrite to be my favorite front-end on the browser.

It’s still kind of a mixed bag. I’m getting tired of talking about Linux all the time.

I find comment threads to be more engaging than reddit but the hivemind mentality has definitely started to take hold here.

In terms of stability, sure, the platform has gone down way less. In terms of content? Feels more or less the same that it did when I joined - all we really talk about is tech news with a leftist slant.

I haven’t gone back to reddit to browse since I left when the API changes happened, but it’s still a way more conducive source of information on a myriad of topics that you get forwarded to through searches.

Just because people are tired of a leftist slant doesn’t make them automatically right leaning. Right wingers who are right wing because they’re annoyed by leftists are weak. Leftists get annoyed by leftists every day, and that’s the essence of Lemmy.

I wanted an alt on iusearchlinux.fyi but the admin didn’t approve my application :(

I learn mostly about FOSS, Linux, and piracy through you guys. And I thought I was a pretty advanced pirate myself, but you guys are a whole other level at times.

Outside of my instance I think slrpnk is one of the coolest. I like all of the efficiency being discussed for being more in tune with the planet and the environment rather than being at odds with it. I get tired of hearing “fuck cars” though. I like 15 minute cities as much as the next guy but I already live in suburban sprawl and it’s not going to go away, so please don’t tell me that my enjoyable automobile is evil.

Honestly the sh.itjust.works instance is pretty on the level. I don’t find too many antagonistic folks on the instance and the conversations tend to be pretty varied depending on the community. I’ve seen you guys mostly around video game subs.

Yeah I like being part of .ca and seeing other Canadians around.

I just have biases against other servers. For example, .world users tend to act a lot like redditors which I dislike.

.ml users are more likely to tell me about the glories of communism than any other discussion. Yeah I get it, the ml stands for Marxist-Leninist, great job guys.

.dbzer0 folks are more likely to profess the greatness of FOSS solutions and discuss Linux distros, but I’d rather have that conversation over and over again because it’s usually pleasant and I learn something new every time.