I have very short experience with Lemmy, having just moved here from Reddit. I joined one of the most popular forums on .ml unaware of the fame of this instance, and from my short experience “Treating the Internet respectfully” is the opposite of what is found there.

I can certainly see that Hexbear and the other two are very vocal and toxic here. Engaging in some discussion or getting my views challenged is fine, I’d rather not close myself in a bubble, but it’s sad that they would be so quick to insult and ban you. It does worry that they have some of the biggest communities. I wish I could say “oh well the protocol is neutral” but I think that with most OSS projects it matters tremendously who is at the helm; also, another poster outlined quite well that these instances seem to be the showcase for the system.

This is not wrong

Hmm glad I found this post and the comments. I recently came here from Reddit and joined some random communities just to have something in my feed. I was a bit shocked at hammer and sickle posted non-ironically in the meme group. Noting that communists weren’t better than Nazis got me called an ungrateful shit for existing (which I apparently owe to Stalin) and banned. Moved to the second-biggest meme community the search found, where I’m not banned yet but being educated by Westerners that life in communist coutries was cheerful and Holodomor was an oopsie.

I’m glad to hear that this is not all that Lemmy stands for, but a bit disappointed learning that top developers are a part of the problem. I’m conflicted about donating to say the least, and it does not bode well for lemmy adoption in general. I’ll stick around to see if other servers gain momentum, but I’ll need to keep an eye open for other reddit alternatives I guess

This might be very non-linear, like ice breaking under your feet.

I’m using Qwant, used Ecosia before. Really OK for most stuff. I still revert to googling occasionally - mainly for local businesses on maps and sometimes shopping results. But I agree, don’t let perfect be the enemy of good, well said.

All good and well, but Israeli software used by various govts can read phones without needing for them to enter a given country, see “Pegasus” scandal in Poland from last year

Check out No such thing as a fish, good laugh from UK

so many thanks! i was just looking for something to listen to during my commutes.

then i submit they dont belong in this thread

who gives a fuck if they dont sell in EU

inertia is a thing, but just by having new EU projects avoid the big three you’d already have done a world of good to the IT ecosystem.

Qobuz is unavailable in Poland. So much for being European.

they go because their friend could invite 3 friends and one of the original 3 was unavailable

yeah i mean i used to eat there, and similar places. a bit of a sad vibe. maybe tasted better to locals. also, it was really long ago, but i feel like the word ‘salad’ is a bit of an overstatement

not an amazing restaurant, to be honest

You are special, like it or not :)

That’s an empathic person’s response to psychopaths

rarely aggressive

how charming

There is a company called SpinaliS that makes these crazy spring-based ergo chairs for ‘active sitting’. I tried them in the showroom near my work in Warsaw and rhey seemed to cause some relief in spine muscle fatigue. I’ll be doing a 5-day trial with a leased chair some time soon to see if it works as a full-time chair. A bit expensive tho. Company itself seems to be from Ljubljana, (of kors, and so on and so on).