I don’t get this reference, but you still got me a chuckle bro thanks!
Scotty_Trees
joined 2 years ago
Just updated to the beta on iOS 26. First impressions it looks solid! Going to scroll around and comment and see how this new beta feels. Thanks for your continued work and development, it’s greatly appreciated as this is hands down the best iOS lemmy client.
don't google tummysticks lol
I was a bit heated before, but you're right it wasn't bad in the beginning. But for myself, I ended up using it too much, to the point where I essentially planned out my weekends so I had things to post.
I guess you could say it was some ego-driven nonsense that motivated me to always be online and always having something new and fresh to show and always one upping myself to be bigger and better and bolder photos. But all of that burned me out. And in the end it was all so superficial 90% of the time.
Truthfully, eventually at some point, it just became depressing scrolling endlessly and seeing the best photos any photographer could want. It was just too much. That's not entirely Insta's fault, but also on me for not setting any limits or boundaries. But since uninstalling, my mental health went up noticeably quickly and I never looked back to use it because it serves no need for me.
Fuck Insta. Garbage predatory app that depresses the fuck outta me. Why the fuck would I want an open source version of that? I don’t need social media that badly, I’ll survive just fine without it. Too many people perceive and live their lives through social media and doing it for the gram. Fuck that noise.
bruv, he was merely making a joke lol
I've been consuming the news daily since 2015 with a heavy focus on politics as well as history for additional context. It's been a rough decade and I can acknowledge that it has always took a toll on my mental health in the past, but the last year it has felt worse.
Ever since Project 2025 and the November 2024 election, something inside me just changed or snapped or broke maybe. A substantial shift I felt for months, not just mere hours or days. A desire to give up. A need to stop. A hopeless feeling of is anything even worth it anymore?
This was a state of a few things for me looking back reflectively, I can see the cause and effect within myself with a lot clearer eyes than before.
I still read the news daily, even at the toll of my mental health because I can't hide or run or deny what is objectively happening in reality. I can't let myself ignore people getting kidnapped, deported, shot and killed by "cops", the dismantlement of rights we've had for over a century, I just can't, nor I won't blind my eyes to what's happening.
I did take a news break for a few months and it did vastly help my mental health, but it slowly took time to feel better. I am better now, but it's still very far from ideal. I take regular news breaks. I stray away from over-dramatic or sensationalized news bites than end up just being a twitter screenshot with nothing substanclian or proven, just noise. I rely on solid, proven independent journalists and outlet that aren't all backed by billionaires.
I'm talking about ProPublica, Mediapart, The Texas Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer, 404 Media, and plenty of others I've got bookmarked as well as a few Podcasts, but those are left leaning for the most part because reality has a liberal basis.
I will say one thing that's truly help. Whenever you're reading the latest headlines, just ask yourself this: is this news or is this noise?
Didn't expect to see a Robocop meme today, but I'm all about it!
"I suspect that we all will start wearing full face masks again."
Maybe to terminally online people, but for a majority of people, masks aren't going back up. The US population as a whole isn't going to do significantly anything.
annnnnnnd that's enough lemmy for the day
Would it be possible to add an option to move the upvote/downvote area to the left side? It would be great for those that are left handed vs right handed.
We already have the ability to move the thumbnails to the left or right side, which is great and would love to see an option like this make its way in too. If it’s not possible no worries but I figured it can’t hurt to ask, thank you!
As you can see in the above screenshot, the communities on the left hand side like lemmyworld, technology, and microblogmemes all have different font sizes. This is very jarring and needs correcting, plus it’s much harder to read small fonts when it’s all squeezed in there.
One solution could be to put the communities name on the line above the post title or perhaps put it below the upvote/down vote line so it has more space. Please hope you can fix this, as it makes readability difficult, thank you.
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[Feature Request] Add ability to move up/downvote/comment/time bar from the left to right side
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This is a screenshot from Narwhal 2 (one of the last still active Reddit apps), and for context the layout is a lot more consistent. What I mean specifically is the community heading title is always on the far left indent, and it’s always color coded for easier readability. Also for consistency the upvote/downvote numbers are always on the far right indent. My eyes always know where these two things are in that regard. On Avelon the upvote numbers after the community title so the numbers/the button to upvote them aren’t always in the right place. This is a small nitpick to be sure, but as a graphic designer for consistency it would be great to keep things in places they should always be. If you have any further questions, I’m happy to expand and explain my reasonings. Also thank you so so much for making a wonderful app.
This may be an odd request but as it stands now there are at least two ways to upvote/downvote a post, either clicking the arrow buttons on the left side of the post or the big rounded buttons on the right side too.
I think for a very minimal, clean and simple look if you could add an option to remove/hide the big rounded upvote buttons. I normally tap the little small arrow on the left so the big rounded buttons take up space.
Please let me know if this is already being worked on or if it’s something you might consider to add in the future I’d greatly appreciate it.
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I wish more people understood this