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

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Post by emsixteen »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

You're so hard done by.

It's nice, playful, and youthful branding.

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

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Post by gnarbarian »

emsixteen wrote: post #151
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

You're so hard done by. It's nice, playful, and youthful branding.

how's the water?

https://youtu.be/eC7xzavzEKY

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

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Post by fareesh »

tptacek wrote: post #44
fareesh wrote: post #26

The real price isn't $20, it's the cost of everything you lose when the service shuts down

You mean, like every other service anybody stands up ever? The ones that charge money are the ones that stand any chance of surviving. https://archive.is/7LxAh

I'm generally in favor of owning your data and domains so yes. There is so much good open source stuff now.

It's unlikely that Gmail will shut down though so there are a lot of reliable exceptions

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

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Post by beebmam »

blakewatson wrote: post #90

You get a surprising amount of functionality for $20. I just got an account and I've been poking around for about an hour. I'm seriously impressed. You get: - a webpage - DNS - email forwarding - a statuslog - url shortener - a pastebin - a weblog - an optional Mastodon account - optional IRC/Discord - and probably some more stuff I missed And all of this stuff is much more configurable than it would typically be on…

It's not $20. It's $20 per year. I know that might be semantic for some people, but for much of these services, I wouldn't want it going away after 1 year if I'm unable to pay that cost again. And for that reason, I think it's worth noting.

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

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Post by climb_stealth »

gnarbarian wrote: post #141
patates wrote: post #132

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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.

Interesting, thanks for clarifying! Looks like I live in an environment where this is not a thing. Or I'm not aware of it. I'm also not in the USfor what it's worth.

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

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Post by elromulous »

MrOwnPut wrote: post #140
tptacek wrote: post #128

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you're probably underestimating how many people are going to care about Mastodon.

I think we should average out what you are both estimating.

This. Reminds me of [1]. Although I never finished reading it.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wisdom_of_Crowds

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

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Post by emsixteen »

gnarbarian wrote: post #152
emsixteen wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You're so hard done by. It's nice, playful, and youthful branding.

how's the water? https://youtu.be/eC7xzavzEKY

Odd that you reply to me with a bitterly ironic link, yet not to the other commenter. Have a nice day, you need it.

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

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Post by gnarbarian »

climb_stealth wrote: post #155
gnarbarian wrote: post #141

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Interesting, thanks for clarifying! Looks like I live in an environment where this is not a thing. Or I'm not aware of it. I'm also not in the USfor what it's worth.

You don't notice it because as soon as somebody steps out of line they are erased. my root comment has been flagged and nobody else will even see it.
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