Yeah, that is what I was referring to with boosting. I think I understand now. For a short while, it looked to me like there were replies on Mastadon that I didnt write, but apparently they are just all of the “boosted” posts coming from Lemmy comments. Thank you.

My God, I couldn’t remember what that scene that dialog was from. I finally found it and here you have it posted already. 😂 Golden scene

https://youtu.be/nRGCZh5A8T4?si=lrYYTS5pyyDs4Zxz

That’s a creative idea. I would read it. But if the goal is to reach and engage more people, then it needs to appeal to them. Like previously said, most people just don’t seem to care about privacy. So what do they care about? Getting likes/approval from others? Networking? Following popular channels? It’s kind of a catch 22, because celebrities won’t go to a platform without potential followers, and followers won’t either without someone to follow.

I can definitely relate on seeing the potential of the fediverse. I even told some of my friends, “This is the evolution of how the Internet is going to work. Isn’t that exciting??” And I’m usually met with blank stares.

I think the social media giants will slowly continue to become less relevant and there will be a natural shift toward alternatives. The more polished the alternatives become and the more the communities will prove valuable with actual human connections, the more they will slowly appeal to the masses. I think many people are sucked into the world of consumerism and cannot imagine an alternative.

Thanks for the suggestion. I am trying it out now and it seems pretty solid. I’m not sure the customization features are worth a subscription yet for me, but if they end up adding moderator functions, that might make it my new favorite.

Oh snap! I didn’t realize that

I started with Mlem, then Memmy, tried Thunder, Limbo, the Voyager web app. The new Voyager app definitely seems the most polished. I will say though, a new discovery and my primary lately has been Avelon. It is buttery smooth and many options in the settings. One that was missing from Apollo was the “mark above as read” option for posts, which is present on this app.

Definitely give it a try: https://testflight.apple.com/join/IzB0ZiBO

That makes sense. Thanks, I wasn’t aware of that before

That’s what I kind of assumed too, but everything appears to be working

Your submission in “{{post.title}}” was removed for That is pretty funny. This joke would be great for c/unclejokes, but the suggestion of an erection probably shouldn’t go in c/dadjokes. .

Your submission in “{{post.title}}” was removed for That joke would be better received on c/unclejokes (which is also on lemmy.world).

Standards? Reminds me of that 12-inch tall king…

Terrible leading, but made a great ruler

Genuinely curious, do you all think should there be a rule against posting major social media links such as this?

My thought is that I assume most of us are here for a different online social experience and would ideally not contribute to the current social media companies’ practices.

The joke is on point, but I’m wondering if it can be hosted on PeerTube or something.

I tried getting on the Matrix chat and got

That’s basically what I had to do. View the vLemmy community from another instance’s account and copy what I could over.

Really a bummer.

I hate to ask, but can you explain the joke?

Right but like I mentioned, my profile lists that I am a moderator for the two communities I added. I also have the Reports list for posts or comments that get reported on those communities, but the actual mod options are not there.