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Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by gnarbarian »

patates wrote: post #132
bobsmooth wrote: post #127

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The example profile includes pronouns.

I'm so tired of the constant battle to make very simple, innocent ideas political. Sooo f*ing tired.

like it or not but things like pronouns, rainbow themes, gender neutral avatars, even masks are used as political symbols to signify allegiance. It's opt-in (like wearing an arm band) and allows people who partake to identify political allies and adversaries.

Even pointing this out objectively will get somebody steamrolled.

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by lgeorget »

lucasyvas wrote: post #71

I expected to hate this and walked away thinking it was a pretty ok idea. Good job! The idea of curating alternate services together and offering it as a product feels novel - does anyone else do this? I'd love to see hosting offered for curated open source services that are interoperable. Sort of like all those WordPress hosts of yore (and today!). Edit: omg.lol, is it AOL?? :D Edit 2: The price is even the same! $1…

> The idea of curating alternate services together and offering it as a product feels novel - does anyone else do this?

It's a different but related concept: Framasoft in France (https://framasoft.org/fr/). It's a non-profit that provides open-source alternatives to common cloud services. They also teach people how to install and configure these tools on their own server instead of relying on providers reselling their data.

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by bobbylarrybobby »

bobsmooth wrote: post #127
climb_stealth wrote: post #116

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Where do you pick up political undertones? I'm genuinely curious. I read the whole landing page and it is all lighthearted and friendly, and I pick up on nothing that makes me think otherwise.

The example profile includes pronouns.

What is political about an additional axis along which some people choose to make known how they'd like to be referred to? I'm genuinely asking. I don't believe things become political when they happen to be split down party lines in -- if that were the case then climate change is political now, but climate change is as debatable as, say, the existence of subatomic particles. IMO something is political when it actually relates to what politicians do, i.e., it's something you can vote for. You can't vote for... a ban on using pronouns that don't match birth sex? A ban on sharing pronouns at all?

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by arlort »

gnarbarian wrote: post #136
bobsmooth wrote: post #127

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The example profile includes pronouns.

It's more than that, it's the entire theme. It screams "you're not welcome here." It's the left wing equivalent of putting up a bunch of burning crosses and pretending they don't mean anything. I know exactly how fairly I would be treated in that community and it looks like this: (the flagged and dead comment below this) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34271510

I'm genuinely curious and wanting to understand what makes you feel that way.

Are you colorblind and the colors of the text are hard to read? They weren't very readable on light mode but I wouldn't call that political

Is it the mastodon instance? The overall peppy feel of the page?

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by zfxfr »

jhanschoo wrote: post #23

This looks like fun, reminds me of SDF but with an ability to provide more services due to the annual fee. edit: now that I revisit it, SDF does appear to provide more services, though probably with less commitment to reliability than omg.lol

could someone explain what is SDF? i genuinely tried to search but where i live it means "homeless" I also know about "signed distance functions" and while they are so cool indeed i doubt you're talking about it ?

Edit: oh ok i think i found it: SDF.ORG ?

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by [deleted] »

arlort wrote: post #144
gnarbarian wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's more than that, it's the entire theme. It screams "you're not welcome here." It's the left wing equivalent of putting up a bunch of burning crosses and pretending they don't mean anything. I know exactly how fairly I would be treated in that community and it looks like this: (the flagged and dead comment below this) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34271510

I'm genuinely curious and wanting to understand what makes you feel that way. Are you colorblind and the colors of the text are hard to read? They weren't very readable on light mode but I wouldn't call that political Is it the mastodon instance? The overall peppy feel of the page?

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Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by cottsak »

tptacek wrote: post #123
lmm wrote: post #109

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It isn't. So why pay $20/year for it?

For the same reason people have been paying for services like this for over 2 decades? This is such a strange thread. If you don't want an omg.lol site, don't buy one! I'm not! This might be a super interesting case study, because if I had to bet, it's that 80%+ of the hate on this thread comes from the DNS feature omg.lol added --- a feature not common among other content hosting services, and that probably doesn't…

or simply post it to HN and nerds will bite your head off 90% of the time just cuz :p

Re: Omg.lol – A lovable web page and email address

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Post by [deleted] »

bobbylarrybobby wrote: post #143
bobsmooth wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The example profile includes pronouns.

What is political about an additional axis along which some people choose to make known how they'd like to be referred to? I'm genuinely asking. I don't believe things become political when they happen to be split down party lines in -- if that were the case then climate change is political now, but climate change is as debatable as, say, the existence of subatomic particles. IMO something is political when it actual…

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