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Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by mcbutterbunz »

ashtonkem wrote: post #343
rsynnott wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do that many people use maximised windows on 16:9 or greater screens? Maybe it’s just because all my early experience was on 4:3, but I’d never maximise a browser window on a modern screen. I’d agree this is bad design, but I’d be somewhat surprised if it’s a big practical problem for most people.

The idea that anyone wouldn’t maximize all applications, especially their browser, is utterly bewildering to me.

That's my feeling as well. I bought a large monitor with nice resolution and I want to run my applications at full size. Window tiling is nice but its also a distraction for me and I always seem to forget which app has focus.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by shpongled »

TulliusCicero wrote: post #235

I have to say, at the very least, the UI is a breath of fresh air compared to new Reddit. New Reddit is just...I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just feels awful to look at.

If I was forced to use new reddit rather than old reddit I would probably never visit the site again. I can't stand the new version.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by noobermin »

agensaequivocum wrote: post #188
badRNG wrote: post #164

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I don't think that there's an equivalency between the advocacy for the genocide of black people, Jews, trans people, etc and opposing someone for their political beliefs. Perhaps there'd be more legitimacy in a comparison to the vitriol on the left against billionaires and cops, but these are positions of power, not identity groups one is born into. All revolutionaries of all political persuasions will oppose those i…

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They seem to be specifically calling out the far right, not just conservatives. Far right is synonymous with for example, calls for an ethnostate that would exclude certain people.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by yellowapple »

agensaequivocum wrote: post #188
badRNG wrote: post #164

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think that there's an equivalency between the advocacy for the genocide of black people, Jews, trans people, etc and opposing someone for their political beliefs. Perhaps there'd be more legitimacy in a comparison to the vitriol on the left against billionaires and cops, but these are positions of power, not identity groups one is born into. All revolutionaries of all political persuasions will oppose those i…

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> If I say that there are only two sexes and you cannot change your sex [...] It's a scientific and political position.

A position that's ignorant of actual medical science is a "scientific" position?

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by badsectoracula »

ashtonkem wrote: post #343
rsynnott wrote: post #295

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do that many people use maximised windows on 16:9 or greater screens? Maybe it’s just because all my early experience was on 4:3, but I’d never maximise a browser window on a modern screen. I’d agree this is bad design, but I’d be somewhat surprised if it’s a big practical problem for most people.

The idea that anyone wouldn’t maximize all applications, especially their browser, is utterly bewildering to me.

I do not maximize some of my applications because i want to have several of them visible at any time when i'm working on more than one. I do maximize some other applications, depending on what i'm doing. I do not maximize the browser because i want to have the content i'm working with/looking at/reading in front of me (especially on the reading aspect since reading long lines is tiresome) and maximizing on a 16:9 monitor means that a lot of content will be at the sides.

Now combine the above with the fact that i'm using a ~23" 1366x768 monitor, the tendency of pretty much every site out there to use the window width as a means to differentiate between mobile and desktop sites and the stupid trend to use ginormous font sizes everywhere and you get an idea of how much i like browsing many sites out there (at least HN and old Reddit is perfectly fine). Well, i'm thankful that browsers have a zoom option at least, many of the sites out there are only usable at a 70-80% zoom for me.

But yeah, last time i had my browser maximized all the time was when i had a 4:3 monitor.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by hanniabu »

ehsankia wrote: post #253
TulliusCicero wrote: post #235

I have to say, at the very least, the UI is a breath of fresh air compared to new Reddit. New Reddit is just...I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just feels awful to look at.

While I agree that new reddit is awful, I still much prefer old reddit to this. Also what's up with this new trend of having the main content width-restricted, but not the header [0]? The new GitHub UI that went live this week has the exact same problem on wide screens. What kind of UX designer ever approved such a mess and why do so many sites do this? The main UI itself, again very width restricted, but also has st…

> Huh, I hadn't used new reddit in a long time, I actually took a look now and it seems like it has improved significantly.

The UI itself isn't horrible, it's the UX. It's incredibly bulky and slow, and some user links have been hidden while others completely removed.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by chowells »

justAnotherNET wrote: post #308
TulliusCicero wrote: post #146

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I moderate a couple of subreddits and agree moderation is a disaster. For popular subs, moderators are basically swamped in a never-ending avalanche of shit. Even if you want to be a good mod, doing so for the long haul is an insane time commitment. The fact that being banned from one sub doesn't usually get you banned from another sub is totally understandable, but combined with how easy it is to make a new account,…

The mods only have themselves to blame. They create insanely broad rules allowing them to ban anything and then limit mod positions to concentrate their power. The role of mods is to delete off topic submissions and remove illegal content. Nothing more.

The role of mods is to establish and maintain the community they wish to have in the space. That takes a lot more than deleting off-topic submissions and removing illegal content.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by IncRnd »

TulliusCicero wrote: post #235

I have to say, at the very least, the UI is a breath of fresh air compared to new Reddit. New Reddit is just...I can't quite put my finger on it, but it just feels awful to look at.

You can always go to old.reddit.com to use the older reddit interface.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by drummer »

rolleiflex wrote: post #151

We have something similar to this, Aether. https://getaether.net . (code at github.com/nehbit/aether) Always glad to see more eyeballs on the space, so I wish then the best. Here are a few differences I can see at the first glance: - Aether is decentralised (as in torrent) this appears to be federated. That means Aether truly has no servers and every user is a peer, while federated means there are smaller ‘Reddits’ a…

You guys are on the right track with Aether. I love the features especially decentralized sovereignty and the moderation based on that. This needs to get adopted widely to stop censorship.

Re: Lemmy, an open-source federated Reddit alternative, gets funding for development

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Post by ehsankia »

boring_twenties wrote: post #346
ehsankia wrote: post #253

Earlier quoted context omitted.

While I agree that new reddit is awful, I still much prefer old reddit to this. Also what's up with this new trend of having the main content width-restricted, but not the header [0]? The new GitHub UI that went live this week has the exact same problem on wide screens. What kind of UX designer ever approved such a mess and why do so many sites do this? The main UI itself, again very width restricted, but also has st…

Wow, you're right. It did improve quite a bit. Not in an "OMG I'm switching right now" kind of way, but definitely in a "maybe I'll play around with this and see if I can configure it to my liking." Never would have happened if someone hadn't made a post like this, so thanks! edit: Aaaand instant regret, wow. Are you guys seeing this "Top Broadcast Right Now" shit? The best part for me is not just the ~1000px high ra…

Hah, yeah I played with it more myself too and instantly found still many issues. The biggest one for me was the comment section is still using the short width format, which is a no go for me.
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