Ahh. I see. I took a look at the script. "Blocked Users," is not reported by an instance, but rather It's calculated by this script by looking at "Blocked Instances," which is reported. How many active users each blocked instance has and then summing this together, the script shows "BU." I was thinking it was an explicit list of users the instance blocked based on ban/block lists.
It's a derivative, but still useful metric, I guess. BU could be high, but BI could be low and vice-versa.
I had a "bearstein effect" moment just now. I had thought wireshark sold out. Like "Wireshark by Rapid7," but i just checked and it looks like they've stayed the FOSS course! Way to go!
I think if you link your Lemmy and Reddit accounts it filters out all memes automatically. Tell your friend to try that.
Your right. You just asked what a "fake account" was though. I think it's generally accepted that if you create "alt" accounts for the sole purpose of vote manipulation, you're being a dick.
People can defederate from an instance for any reason they want, but if I get what you're trying to say: you think people should defederate from any instance that has a user that subscribes to all of their communities.
I just mean that the karma system ala Reddit did more than just keep track of it and display it afaik. The data is in the db but a fully done karma system it is not. I could be wrong.
There is some discussion. https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/2947
I am still fairly confident that it shouldn't be storing images, but I'll admit my pict-rs directory is growing quite fast compared to the database. Have to keep a close eye on this.
Not really. If it worked before, it should work the same, just has more options for control and granularity.
Added a lot of features if you want to try again.
Having multiple accounts isn't the issue IMO. It's communication about centralization / decentralization. There is confusing and mixed messaging about the difference between "Lemmy" and "Beehaw." Just like there is between "Mastodon" and "mastodon.socal."
Joe public's perception of participation in social networks is based on brand: "See my post on Facebook," "reply to my tweet," "did you see that subreddit?"
It needs to be clearer that's not how things work here. There are things you gain from decentralization, but also things you lose. People will always want the best of both worlds.
Alternative title: CEO of failing company makes shocking statement in order to attract investors.
He might believe this but developers aren’t going anywhere. Development is just becoming more abstract. This has happened in fits since forever.
You understand that global economic stability relies on people gambling their lives on a dream, right? Well, that and pure willful ignorance.
What would the journalists do? Try to explain that to people, and that nobody has figured out a way to fix it yet?