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New Communities

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A place to post new communities all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

Rules

The rules for behavior are a straight carry over of Mastodon.World's rules. You can click the link but we've reposted them here in brief, as a guideline. We will continue to use the Mastodon.World rules as the master list. Over all, be nice to each other and remember this isn't a community built around debate. For the rules about formatting your posts, scroll down to number 2.

1. Follow the rules of Mastodon.world, which can be found here.

A. Provide an inclusive and supportive environment. This means if it isn't rulebreaking and we can't be supportive to them then we probably shouldn't engage.

B. No illegal content.

C. Use content warnings where appropriate. This means mark your submissions NSFW if need be.

D. No uncivil behavior. This includes, but is not limited to: Name Calling; Bullying; Trolling; Disruptive Commenting; or Personal Criticisms.

E. No Harrassment. As an example in relation to Transgender people this includes, deadnaming, misgendering, and promotion of conversion therapy. Similarly Misogyny, Misandry, and Racism are also banned here.

2. Include a community or instance title and description in your post title. - A following example of this would be New Communities - A place to post new communities or instances all over Lemmy for discovery and promotion.

3. Follow the formatting. - The formatting as included below is important for people getting universal links across Lemmy as easily as possible.

Formatting

Please include this following format in your post:

[link text](/c/community@instance.com)

This provides a link that should work across instances, but in some cases it won't

You should also include either:

!community@instance.com

or instance.com/c/community

FAQ:

Q: Why do I get a 404?

A: At least one user in an instance needs to search for a community before it gets fetched. Searching for the community will bring it into the instance and it will fetch a few of the most recent posts without comments. If a user is subscribed to a community, then all of the future posts and interactions are now in-sync.

Q: When I try to create a post, the circle just spins forever. Why is that?

A: This is a current known issue with large communities. Sometimes it does get posted, but just continues spinning, but sometimes it doesn't get posted and continues spinning. If it doesn't actually get posted, the best thing to do is try later. However, only some people seem to be having this problem at the moment.

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HailCorporate is a community for individuals committed to unmasking the deceptive practice of astroturfing and exposing fake product testimonials. In a digital age where the line between genuine endorsements and corporate manipulations is increasingly blurred, our community has become necessary. Here, we collectively call out comments and posts where everyday people, often unknowingly, become pawns in a company's PR strategy, spreading scripted messages under the guise of personal opinion. HailCorporate's mission is to foster a culture of transparency and authenticity, empowering fediverse users to challenge the covert tactics used by most multinational corporations to astroturf the fediverse.

!hailcorporate@infosec.pub

edit: judging by the utterly frothy comment section here, I'll definitely need help. If you want to mod, make a post there and message me and I'll carefully consider adding you based on my personal assesment of how based your comment history is. ;)

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[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (5 children)

It already is a toxic witch-hunt here. Try posting that you like an Apple product or that you don’t like Linux or Android and you’ll immediately get called a shill. Try it! It’s fun!

[–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 15 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If you get downvoted on lemmy you don't get a 10min timeout and karma reduction like on reddit. So you may as well say what you want and wear the downvotes proud.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

The app I use doesn’t even LET me downvote, so hah!

[–] demesisx@infosec.pub -2 points 2 years ago
[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh I do. Downvotes don't matter at all on Lemmy. It's just annoying because some people think they do and they think if they get upvotes that it means they're right.

[–] Dran_Arcana@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

If they don't matter currently for moderation I have to imagine they'll be part of a moderation toolkit eventually. Leveraging community voting to detect spam would be decently effective, especially for fresh accounts.

[–] Chozo@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Don't you dare tell anybody here that you use Chrome and that you like it.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I use Chrome exclusively because Firefox is a broken resource hog.

[–] rikudou 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Seriously? Have you missed the memes that Chrome will eat your memory? They were everywhere for a while.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago

No, I didn't miss any of those lies.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 3 points 2 years ago

I’ve never understood why people gush over Linux as a windows replacement. Why yes having to manually search for drivers for every product known to man and not being able to run even a fraction of what is on steam sounds like a fantastic time!

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Apple legitimately makes super solid hardware. Their Apple watch heart rate accuracy is second only to chest straps and has a ton of very useful features. It is pretty much the best as far as integration, a "health watch" and haptics.

Their phones and laptops have some beautiful hardware design too.

Their business side just sucks donkey cock is all. But google is just as bad as Apple so potato potahto. Nobody should fanboy when every choice is shit lol

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Now you’re getting it!

Begins whistling the start of a musical number

[–] c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Depends, if you mean for the average user then it's good, but still overpriced as hell, and you have to deal with the Apple philosophy of "we did the thinking for you, if you dislike our choices it's not matter of preference, you're just wrong" no matter what.

Enterprise use cases you might as well pitch your Apple products in the trash, they won't work and you'll spend more time figuring out which USB-C Thunderbolt to 10G SR optical fiber converter actually works than you will getting productivity done.

[–] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

No, pricing is the side of Apple's business that is absolute shit. If you look at the PCBs, they are usually very well designed with proper shielding, high-quality components, and good layout. Apple Silicon is one of the world's best silicon design orgs.

Most of what you describes is quite literally their business and aesthetic design choices that have little or nothing to do with the hardware. I agree that all of those are shit and that's why I would never buy it. The only bad hardware they have are marketing/business choices (i.e. no sd card to sell higher NVM models, lightning to vendor-lock customers, dongle hell to sell more dongles, etc...)

Though indeed the dongle situation is really fucking stupid also.

[–] Norgur@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I work for a telecommunications company and we obviously sell mobile phones as well as our own brand of routers and repeaters. Here in Germany, there is no obligation to use anything your provider gives you, so ppl are legitimately free to use whatever modem/router they want. Our's is plenty enough for everyone who just wants a thing that sits in the corner and is never interacted with. Hell, It even has VPN via Wireguard and dynamic DNS and a little display. Are there more sophisticated routers out there? Hell yes. Yet, whenever my noob friends or family ask me for advice and I go "just by the one we're offering and be done with it", they call me a shill.

So... Why do you ask if you don't want to hear the response and why the hell would I sell you something I know doesn't fit your needs when you'd come to me with your complaints?!

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jesse... what the fuck are you talking about?

[–] Norgur@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That people call me a shill for recommending the stuff from the company I work for which I only recommend because
A) I know it so I can help them with their problems and
b) I got it cheaper, so I tried it and I know that it's alright

But people will first ask me "because I work at a Telco" and then not believe me because "of course you'd say that, you work at a Telco".

I was adding a personal anecdote to the argument you made that people calling out "shills" often depends on if they share your opinion or not.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Got it. I think we're specifically talking about Lemmy, though, and online communities where people don't even know your identity. Your anecdote just makes me think your family is crazy. They know you and still call you a shill? That's nuts.