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spaduf, in Where is our debate instance?
@spaduf@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

This would be amazing. Huge opportunity here but of course some of the highest moderation requirements of any community. Near the levels required for something like r/ask_historians

housepanther, in How can we improve Lemmy’s SEO so we can google “(question) lemmy” instead of relying on “(question) reddit”
@housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com avatar

This is going to present a formidable challenge because Lemmy is so decentralized. I mean I am all for it but wouldn’t even begin to conceptualize how to get started.

AlternateRoute,

Not really… Nearly every phpBB, SMF, Invision forum etc is a separate self hosted community and they get indexed. Hell even small ones like one of my gaming guilds ranked high for specific key words.

For SEO to work well you need clear links to clear topics, and it helps to have automatic metada also to assist indexing.

Having google compatible site maps assists in crawling the site.

ryathal,

They can all get crawled, but you can’t just add lemmy and force results from the fediverse to the top.

AlternateRoute,

You can still do SEO (search engine optimization) but making sure all the prefered metadata is there, sitemaps etc… It improves your rank.

Isn’t going to put you at the top, that is the job of the content but it can be the difference between being on page one or not.

be_excellent_to_each_other, in What anime world would you rather not live in?
@be_excellent_to_each_other@kbin.social avatar

So I tried watching Redo of Healer solely based on someone saying it was too disturbing to watch. As someone who doesn't normally enjoy any anime someone would describe that way, I still felt compelled to take the challenge.

The only thing I have previously watched that I'd call truly disturbing was Gantz - and that was awful, but still had a sort of "can't look away" vibe. (But once was enough.)

I made it a couple episodes into Redo of Healer and I'm not sure I can go on. The very first episode more or less shows you what happens to side characters (and sometimes main characters) in this world, and it's just chilling in the malevolence on display from the group in power. The protagonist is on a revenge arc, but despite what was done to him, he's immediately just as bad or worse than his tormentors were, so he's impossible to root for, and the story is centered around him.

I'm not at all certain I'll be finishing it, and nothing I've watched would be as awful for a side character. I'd rather be a common villager in Attack on Titan than any character at all, especially a side character, in Redo of Healer.

Zathras, in Where is our debate instance?

Create one? :) If you build it, they will come.

pushka, in How has ur lemmy experience been so far?
@pushka@beehaw.org avatar

I like it ~ I joined mastodon but I think it was way too slow to load images - probably joined some dodgy overloaded server (though I like the Reddit format and community better rather than Twitter)

It’s giving me Reddit 15 years ago vibes - smaller tech-savvy and agile community - my Reddit use was on and off through the years; but I like the idea that each community in the Extended Lemmiverse can all have their own vibes and cultures and implementations of the platform and we can all chat and follow topics together 🕊️

I’ve only been here a short while; but maybe one thing I’d love is not to see reposts in the /all section ; I know the communities are small and growing and can cross post for more stuff , but I’m sure there could be a way for the system to know that the title and url are the same - so only show one , or auto-merge the comments and prioritise posting your comment to your local community instance’s post Edit - I might try install an instance on my website and try to make a merge function ~

NoTime,
@NoTime@lemmy.one avatar

Regarding your last paragraph, I agree. I’m subscribed to gaming in lemmy.ml and beehaw so see the same content twice regularly. Duplicate communities raise other concerns for me though:

Which one is the defacto community to join? Using the Gaming community as an example, maybe one leans more to images and the other has more meaty discussion threads just by way of who has joined those communities - nothing to do with the rules. But if you subscribe to both, the majority of the content may be duplicate posts instead? It’s not clear from the community title alone.

Is the potential squandered as communities are potentially splintered? Maybe people just stick to one community without joining the other. It’ll take time for a certain community to establish itself as the main community with the highest quality posts, but due to the volume of users on the main instances maybe there won’t be a main community? Or maybe people won’t even be aware of multiple communities for the same topic as the names are different, e.g. football Vs soccer.

FuzzyDunlop,

All this fragmentation will reduce the adoption for sure. No one wants to write to a sub filled with 5 people while another is filled with 5k people. We should adopt one new fresh instance and make it our main, and point people coming from reddit to this new instance.

can,

That would defeat the point of decentralization. Nothing is stopping you from going to lemmyverse.net searching for a community you want, and only subscribing to the biggest. In time the choice will be more obvious.

Kayel, in What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?

Money doesn’t buy happiness

Like fuck it doesn’t. This is class war propaganda and shouldn’t be confused with the idea arseholes are better at making money.

Cosmocrat, in What do you use Vaseline for?

I use it to coat my car battery terminals.

grandel, in What's a big tech product that you actually find useful?

Steam or anything from Valve

Mr_Blott,

Agreed, but the prices on Steam are fucking ridiculous nowadays so they can occasionally put things on “sale”

I just opened it and it was trying to sell me Half Life Alyx for sixty fuckin quid

TopRamenBinLaden,

The standard price for AAA games on all platforms went up somewhat recently, at least where I’m at. It’s not just steam that went up, I think that’s just the industry standard nowadays, as crappy as it is.

usrtrv,

Seems like a regional issue? Steam has the same price as any other store here in the US. Excluding subscriptions.

grandel,

Thats fair but steam is such a blessing imo:

  • Its so convenient
  • linux support is huge and better than windows with some games
  • family sharing, etc…
Hhffggshn, in What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?

“The boy next door is punching your arm because he likes you.”

Thanks, mom… Taught me to confuse abuse with love.

Kayel,

Australia had to do a huge public health advertising run to shift attitudes on this.

Damaging advice

FarceMultiplier, in What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?
@FarceMultiplier@lemmy.ca avatar

“Don’t try too hard (in my career). I don’t want you to be disappointed.”

…from my mother.

Kayel,

I like reminding my colleagues they don’t get paid more for working harder.

Probably why I didn’t get that manager promotion though.

Being perceived to work hard and identifying what’s important to your manager / director is second only to being their mates. Good lunk in your endeavours!

Koordinator_O,
@Koordinator_O@lemmy.world avatar

Nice try mr. employer association account

RickyRigatoni, in What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?
@RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml avatar

“Just be yourself”

That’s how I got myself into this mess in the first place idiot

Kayel,

The nail that sticks out gets hammered down

TheRedSpade, in What is the most unhelpful advice you have received?

When I wanted to cut back on my drinking: “Just don’t buy it.”

Look, it’s great that you’ve never been addicted to anything, but it also means that you’re in no position to be offering addiction advice.

ryathal,

Maybe not great advice for alcohol, but absolutely great advice for junk food.

cynetri,
@cynetri@midwest.social avatar

I disagree, I think offering healthier alternatives is better than simply giving up junk food by itself

Kayel,

Obligatory unsolicited link to Dr Greger How not to die

> Science discovers eating real food, predominantly plants, assists health and maintenance of healthy weight without kj restriction

TootSweet, in How do I make it go?
HobbitFoot,

Yes, pretty face. Make us go.

Idrunkenlysignedup, in People from the "hotter" regions, how do you deal with the heat?

I live in the desert so its usually a dry heat so I get to use a evaporative/swamp cooler. It uses way less electricity than the AC. I just have to crack open a few windows across the house and turn on a fan in the hallway and it gets quite cool and doesn’t get too humid inside. It hit 110ºF (43ºC) today and it never got above 72ºF (22ºC) inside.

Pepperette, in What do you use Vaseline for?

When I get a cut on my hands and they are very dry my skin heals over the wound, but the wound still stays there. Callouses just kind of grow over it and it gets painful and shitty. I put a glob of Vaseline on it and cover it with a bandaid or something and I a few days it’s back to normal.

DM_ME_SQUIRRELS,

Now I wonder if it would work on those tiny painful as fuck cuts that you get around your fingernails during winter when your skin is dry. I’ve been using those expensive Compeed bandaids which do provide instant relief but if it’s just about blocking the air then maybe Vaseline could be just as good.

Pepperette,

Absolutely it does. I work with chalk and know exactly what you’re talking about. The super treatment is to lube up and wear cotton gloves. Really works quick.

OwenEverbinde,
@OwenEverbinde@reddthat.com avatar

That’s a lot of the reason why Neosporin or any other antibiotic ointments help you heal faster. There’s petrolatum in all those products.

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