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Comment Re: Films, not Cinemas (Score 1) 192

Its taken a long time, but I finally understand this point of view...

To me (having grown up during the prequel era)
The original three are the best and are functionally Hidden Castle in space.
The prequels are remembered fondly and are functionally Hamlet in space.

And now I stare into the void of the sequels and deny they exist... Except for Rogue One, you stay.

Comment Shameless Fediverse Plug (Score 1) 72

https://fedecan.ca/en/guide/ge...

I left for the fediverse during the 3rd party app purge and I can say the grass is greener on the other side. Were also trying to fix the communication issues with new users being overwelmed by which instance to choose and having to set up their own filters. Just pick an instance, if you dont like it, make an account on one you do.

There are a bunch of projects that mimic larger platforms, Mastodon looks like the artist formerly known as Twitter, Lemmy mimics Reddit, Pixelfed is Instagram at home and, Loops tried to emulate TicTok without the spyware.

Comment Re:Never heard of anyone using Fediverse (Score 1) 10

[raises hand] I live in the Fediverse (Lemmy and Mastodon), its nice once you build your own block list. There is a growing sentiment that major platforms are intentionally toxic and while the Fediverse does not completely fix that, you have a lot more control over the content you see. Plus, if you dont like your own instances moderation policies, you are free to set up your own.

Comment Re:Am I out of touch? (Score 1) 13

Its a collection of self-hosted, usually open-source, federated social media platforms. They for the most part use Activity Pub as their underlining protocol so that platforms can communicate with each other to distribute the load of hosting social media instead of relying on a monolithic tech company to do all the hosting.

Im personally on Lemmy.World (federated Reddit clone) and its honestly a much healthier experience than Reddit but it lacks niche communities. Im hopeful for the Fediverse, but so far its really only populated by the tech-literate socially conscious crowd or extremely political fringes that are persona non grata elsewhere, with very little in between.

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