It’s this, but they’re not targeting GIMP.

Their SEO goons just see what searches contain photoshop and try to create content that will match. In this case they found “photoshop vs gimp”. I doubt that whoever wrote this had ever heard of GIMP.

No it’s not …

Which means they will mostly act in ways to conform to that sign

OP is saying understanding star signs influences someone’s behavior.

They’re not saying you can tell someone is an idiot because they believe in star signs.

It’s subjective… what does “gambling” mean?

Any thing you do has an element of risk, so you could say it’s a gamble.

I’ve been using kagi for 6 months or so.

It’s lit.

Another really good point.

… a different way of looking at it is that it’s just way more practical to put solar panels in other places, like on the rooves of buildings.

Additionally, there seems to be an assumption amongst middle class suburbanites that everyone should just have roof top solar. Of course, the vast majority of humans to not have any roof space, because they live in an apartment.

I would also point out that my spell checker seems to think that the plural of roof is spelt “roofs” but I’m sure it ought to be “rooves” in the same way the plural of hoof as in part of a horse is hooves.

Everyone saying how little energy a solar panel will produce in optimum conditions.

I don’t think anyone has mentioned how difficult it would be to get optimum conditions for any significant portion of the day.

If you think about the places you park, how many of them have uninterrupted line of sight to the entire arc of the sun? Right now my car is parked on the street but it’s in the shadow of a building.

LOL I’m sorry my opinion is so annoying LOL.

We didn’t migrate “as a community”. All the same communities still exist on reddit.

Good lord. If you think lemmy votes are an indicator of solid reasoning I don’t know what to tell you.

Communities aren’t going to move away from lemmy.ml because no one cares enough about this issue.

You can dream that that’s how communities ought to work but they just don’t.

I’m finding that some really bizarre ideas around persecution are embraced on lemmy.

In some other thread someone is trying to convince me that wealthy people hate e-bikes because they don’t want poor people to be free.

It’s as though you only read the last sentence of my comment

Disagree.

In my experience ist the vast majority of mods on any platform. Lemmy has some of the worst in my experience.

The solution is… to abandon the notion that there’s some special utopia where we might reside.

There’s an idea that we all need to find or build some special platform which is going to be a home for all our communities and be transparent and balanced and free from corporate influence and perpetually shiny and awesome. It’s not only unachievable but probably not desirable either.

Instead, embrace the reality that the communities we want to engage with will be in different places on different platforms and each will have different issues.

There’s some niche communities on reddit, and yes that platform is run by a corporation but that doesn’t bother me when I’m only there to find a new recipe for snack that matches my diet requirements. I despise facebook but I do use their marketplace to sell junk my wife buys online. I’m aware of the privacy issues with telegram but that’s where I have a family chat group with my sisters. I recently discovered an XMPP channel about DIY bike maintenance which has been amazingly helpful, but I don’t like the XMPP clients I’ve tried. The forum on a torrent tracker I use is a great place to find new books to read but I need to use a VPN to access it.

My point is, the best part of the modern web is the disparate platforms we have available. Every platform has it’s own character, and caveats to be mindful of.

The kind of censorship you’re talking about is obviously repugnant, but the reality is that it’s just something to keep in mind when participating in lemmy.ml communities. You can refuse to participate there if you wish, but a mass-exodus on that basis just isn’t how things should work in 2024.

meh. I don’t think anyone is that interested.

I really want to understand their relationship with the CCP.

Do they genuinely believe the shit they’re peddling or are they paid propagandists or is their something more nefarious afoot.

This just wouldn’t work.

Most mods wouldn’t willingly hold an election that potentially saw their fief moved away from their control.

Also most communities just aren’t that organised. Like if today everyone decided to move, tomorrow everyone would still visit and participate in the old community.

The “election” is perpetual. People will vote with their participation.

Mods will never tell you that you’ve been moderated.

Mods are generally fieflords exercising their mediocre powers for kicks. It wouldn’t be much fun if they had to have a discussion with all of the poors about why they’ve been censored.

OP posted this knowing that it would provoke resident linux enthusiasts. That’s trolling.

That’s precisely the desired outcome. Trolls gonna troll.

I print and use software all day.