What's a company secret you can share now that you no longer work there? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
What's something you wish to bring back from the late 90's/early 00's internet? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Homestar runner

I don't get people that are here in the fediverse and *want to bring over* the content that is on FB, IG, TikTok, etc. by njtrafficsignshopper in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

I think what it means is that it doesn't add up all the little arrows across all posts and comments, by default. Although, I suppose an instance, external tool, or browser plugin could still do that.

How does Lemmy intregrate with the rest of the Fediverse? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Magazines? I apparently missed something so far.

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Account portability (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
8 comments fedilink

Some more spitballing from a noob here, but I wonder if much thought has been given to account portability between Lemmy instances, or even Fediverse apps in general.

So far, from what I can see, accounts are pretty much siloed. Two opportunities off the top of my head:

  • Export your account, including all posts, comments, and user metadata and customization. This actually might be legally required by some jurisdictions, although I'm no lawyer. GDPR might not be applicable for one reason or another but I think the spirit of the law is good.

  • Single sign on. This is perhaps a little harder to implement, but it might be nice to be able to participate on another fediverse app without having to research instances and sign up. Also nice to try out different instances of the same app before committing to one.

I don't get people that are here in the fediverse and *want to bring over* the content that is on FB, IG, TikTok, etc. by njtrafficsignshopper in c/fediverse@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Personally, I am fresh enough to all this that I feel it's prudent to kind of sit back on the discussion, and am leaning toward the "defederate" option.

However - I deleted my Facebook years ago, and never had Instagram or Twitter. It would be nice to interact with my own family and friends who do most of their online presence in places like that. So I kinda get it. I'm not after the mass-produced content but it would be cool to hear from people I know again that I've lost touch with because I'm stubborn about FB.

Just spitballing - and please consider that I haven't been at Lemmy long enough to know if this is a terrible idea - but what about an instance that hasn't blocked Facebook and other big corpos, but doesn't raise their content by default? Like what if you have to actively connect with people on them? Seems like a decent middle ground, until Facebook decides to break it anyway.

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Theming Lemmy.world? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
13 comments fedilink

I was just thinking I'd like to make some UI tweaks - I like dark themes but the dark theme is a little hard to parse for me here.

Of course it's always possible to go the user stylesheets route, with something like Tampermonkey or Stylish. But, is there an established best practice already? Do most instances have the same UI, and, if not, how are the differences implemented?

I also think there's probably room for some more niche stuff like RES used to do, but considering Lemmy is open source it might make sense to do some of that against the official repo rather than as another layer on top. Then again that would make adoption less convenient and under user control.

joining the fediverse to bitch about reddit is the same as going on a date, and spending the whole night talking about your ex by njtrafficsignshopper in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Gotta be honest, I am kind of curious to try this.

Best Lemmy client for Android? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/android@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Hmm I had a lot of trouble with jeroba, liftoff is working well for me at the moment though.

Mastodon's official stance on Threads by njtrafficsignshopper in c/technology@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Are there numbers to back this up? I remember Pidgin being a contender to replace AIM for a time.

If Lemmy and Mastodon continues to get popular, we will eventually get Instance wars. by njtrafficsignshopper in c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Is this a bad thing? I thought kind of, curating who you associate with is one of the benefits

Do you believe Lemmy/Mastodon can become mainstream and fully replace their centralized counterparts? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That is, they’re here not because they love Lemmy - but because they hate Reddit.

Anyone remember the Digg exodus? This was exactly how Reddit got big.

Anyway I do think it's a little more than just hate, though. I have poked around at Lemmy before but I'm starting to take it more seriously because I actually cannot use Reddit on my phone anymore.

What from reddit do you hope to never see on lemmy? by njtrafficsignshopper in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I wonder how much of a userbase this thing has who have never been on Reddit, though. Probably not more than a handful?

Reddit slowly became filled with hate by njtrafficsignshopper in c/reddit@lemmy.world
[-] njtrafficsignshopper@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

What kind of account linking did you have in mind?

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