@otter@lemmy.ca

otter

@otter@lemmy.ca

I waddled onto the beach and stole found a computer to use.

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Note: I’m moderating a handful of communities in more of a caretaker role. If you want to take one on, send me a message and I’ll share more info :)

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otter,

Have there been many posts in the past month? I only see one 3 weeks ago, not sure if it’s a federation issue

otter,

Makes sense, I was subscribed from a previous post but I’ll see if the new stuff shows up soon :)

otter,

That sounds greaat

otter, (edited )

I dropped 95% of my activity on Reddit about when everyone else left earlier this summer.

This is not censorship but it’s similar, it’s the problems with Reddit’s automated moderation system. It’s not something unique to Reddit since lots of platforms have this issue, and it is a risk on Lemmy as well if we can’t figure out other ways to combat spam effectively once userbase grows

  • On Reddit, our university sub’s moderation team had nearly all of their accounts banned (including all the alts), because we shared a mod account to do basic mod actions (before Reddit had some of that functionality built-in). The mod account wasn’t the reason, but we assume that’s what the automated system used to decide we were all one person. It took a while to resolve, and our initial attempts to point out the issue resulted in automated messages saying we were wrong and that we couldn’t appeal anymore. Eventually we posted on mod-support and the only solution was to self-dox our alts to each other in order to get some of them reverted (the ones we didn’t feel comfortable sharing we never got back). It was a mess.

I think we also need to consider the flip side of this issue. Yes, some people are banned wrongfully from these platforms. However, sometimes people are banned for sharing content that also isn’t welcome here, and over time we WILL get more users like that showing up here because Lemmy will look like the next best thing for them. I’m not sure how that will work out and maybe the Fediverse will let those users find their place away from the rest of us, but it’s important to know that not all bans from other platforms are unjustified.

What are your best air fryer/oven recipes?

My parents got me one of them fancy countertop air fryer/oven things and idk what to cook first when I get it set up. According to the box, it does everything a normal oven does as well as air fries. It can hold two whole chickens or 1 frozen pizza. It came with a rack for things like toast and a baking sheet. I also have a...

otter,

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_patty

There’s also this fun short documentary about Jamaican patties in Toronto www.cbc.ca/shortdocs/shorts/patty-vs-patty

otter,

I found this

MS-DOS (FAT) - This is Disk Utility’s name for the FAT32 filesystem.

engadget.com/2011-09-19-mac-101-format-choices-fo…

So I think the advice about the FAT32 issue people mentioned is the issue :)

otter,

Any particular areas of medicine?

Also I haven’t been promoting the communities well enough but we’ve got some on Lemmy that could use more activity. I was planning to get them going more in the new year

!medicine for r/medicine

!medicine for the hub to other stuff

  • !health isn’t listed there yet but will be soon
otter,

People have lots of great tips for why resolutions fail and how to do them better

I heard another similar spin: pick a few areas of your life and have them be better than they are at the start of the year

Like say education or relationships with people, the goal is some kind of improvement by the end. You can go as big or as small within those afterwards.

otter,

Great thing for everyone to keep in mind :)

otter,

Interesting, haven’t heard that before but I’ll keep it in mind :) thanks!

otter,

Oh THAT’S why it was mildly familiar 😄

otter,

Lots of great tips, thank you!

otter,

I think it’s about flying the plane, in the simplest form

Pull the centre stick back and you’ll go up (houses look smaller and smaller), then push for the opposite

otter,

I used sync on Reddit ages ago before switching to Boost. Both are pretty decent, but I prefer Boost here as well

otter,

!emulationonandroid

!emulation

Although the regular

otter,

A lot of the animal ones are pretty good, ex. !animalswithjobs

There’s also !goodnewseveryone , but that’s similar to upliftingnews

otter, (edited )

Accessed from:

Platform Name:

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Template, for easy copy paste on mobile

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Accessed from: Android & Desktop (Windows, Firefox)

Platform Name: Lemmy & Kbin

  • Accounts: this instance and a few others, including kbin
  • Apps: Boost, Connect, Eternity (in that order)
  • Uses: same as how I used Reddit

Platform Name: Mastodon

  • Accounts: mstdn.ca and a few others, mostly use the first one with my real name.
  • Apps: official client on mobile, else desktop
  • Uses: I don’t post or boost much, but I like content and share stuff with friends and family that might like it. They used twitter before, so they are more likely to want it

Platform Name: Pixelfed

  • Accounts: main instance, with my real name
  • Apps: official app & mobile site, sometimes desktop
  • Uses: similar to how I used instagram a long time ago, but I wish I could see more friends on it. Right now it’s mostly creatives and photographers

Platform Name: Firefish

  • Accounts: website
  • Apps: none.
  • Uses: experimentation

Platform Name: Frendica

  • Accounts: website
  • Apps: none.
  • Uses: experimentation

Platform Name: Mobilizon

  • Accounts: website
  • Apps: none.
  • Uses: experimentation
otter,

Sounds fun! You can drop a post on !communitypromo as well :)

otter,

It also works with opening up the info to anyone, not just you. That’s one of the key issues, even if a trusted party is accessing the info there’s a chance that a malicious party can get access too. Or the trusted party becomes malicious later (government changes, company changes hands, etc.)

People generally don’t want everything in their home live streamed 24/7. If anything it has the potential for abuse, like if someone knows when you’ll be out of home for a few hours

otter,

I loved the 3D platformers from back then, including the ones based on whatever movie was out at the time

otter, (edited )

Are these being posted to Mastodon as well?

Edit: Oop just saw the previous one

otter, (edited )

It’s still helpful to talk about what’s going on elsewhere

  • see what we can do better
  • see what good features are worth adopting here
  • Calling out bad actions by other platforms. We don’t HAVE to help people that aren’t on the Fediverse, but there are a lot of experienced and knowledgeable people on here that can discuss issues and how we can address them
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