anyone know what kind of snails these are? i want one

my bad, i misunderstood. thanks.

i don’t think we disagree in a vacuum but bringing that up in the context of this particular thread is probably unhelpful

beehaw is a safe-space, we shouldnt villify the experiences/needs of people who need alt-text. this could be game changing for people who need it.

Months ago you mentioned a Bumble-like app designed specifically for queer people, do you remember it? 👀 A person could post about events like a queer cinema night out.

their other tools seem to be equally as good, i’m really impressed by Judge. to any lurkers, check out the other tools on the page.

honestly im taken aback by your confidence in using two bowls here. i would eat all of that on a single plate 🤤

you’ve made a few comments on this post now, but none of them are addressing the point of contention. you’re getting caught up in these hyper-specific details. this is just one tiny component of a larger issue.

would you say that drowning isn’t possible, because you don’t drown when you shower? you’re missing the rest of the information.

there are several comments here, including mine somewhere in reply to this thread, that address why this is life-threatening to the infrastructure of the fediverse. please understand those points and understand that this is a cumulative pressure. hyper-focusing on these details (which could be debated, but it’s unnecessary as it’s not relevant) will only make you miss the bigger picture.

i think you’ve been mislead somewhere along the line. the fediverse is not infallible-- no decentralised network is immune to any attack vectors. this has happened in the past with XMPP. google took a leaf from Microsoft’s book and implemented the “Embrace, extend, and extinguish” strategy. some more details on that and specifically how it relates to the fediverse can be found at the link below.

https://ploum.net/2023-06-23-how-to-kill-decentralised-networks.html

but aside from XMPP and the fediverse, even major decentralised networks like email have succumbed to this. you would be surprised how infected email has become. small independent mail servers often struggle to even get mail into the inboxes of people on major domains like Google, Yahoo, Microsoft etc… some more details on that can be seen from the link below, but this issue on an email level is far more expansive than just this.

http://www.igregious.com/2023/03/gmail-is-breaking-email.html

Meta is no stranger to anti-consumer practices and is definitely no stranger to devouring smaller projects in order to expand its’ own influence and userbase. all for the purpose of squeezing every bit of data they can from its’ userbase to sell to advertisers. i encourage you to learn some more about the weaknesses of decentralised networks, and about Meta’s history of disgusting business practices.

i don’t know why you joined the fediverse, but for me, this is directly against the ethos of what this platform is for.

i think that regardless, if this does appear to be a prevalent pattern with statistical significance, it would allow for people who may previously have gone undiagnosed/misdiagnosed to receive an accurate diagnosis. the idea of seeing this as a ‘problem’ requiring ‘potential treatment’ is spooky and insidious, but i still want to be excited about the good this could do.

i am frothing

thanks for this, i’ll include your name in my will.

how are you guys reading this; does everyone have a subscription to The Atlantic or do you have some sort of content blocker to bypass the “subscribe to continue reading this article”?

so i did cave in and open https://libreddit.kavin.rocks/conservative/new and i promise you all, if this was an ironic subreddit, i would’ve pinned this to my browser.

it’s just too goofy right now and they’re all so proud, i cant help but love it.

i hope they continue to “conserve” reddit LOL. @bumblefumble said it best:

“Nothing says conservative like being happy about big and sudden changes.”

EDIT: replaced link with libreddit alternative