I can't really think of a case where a post's image isn't relevant to the associated discussion. Even if it's just a nonsense post with an unrelated image, knowing what the irrelevant image is about would help make sense of the discussion.
Not enough info is better than nothing. Because if it's nothing, you can't tell if the person who shared the image is lazy or decided the alt text wasn't necessary for this particular picture
My dog just doesn't like it when I cook. The whole business is too risky and I shouldn't be bothering in her opinion
I didn't really even think about it at all, since I fit in pretty well. I just ignored it. But I'm cis af, and not everyone is. So I can see the benefit to those people.
Also I don't think you remember how arbitrary all the gender norms sound when you first learn them. It all sounds totally unnatural at first.
Not a lot of things more basic than your gender.
It's easy for us cis folks to hand wave it away as pointless frippery, since everyone already acknowledges our gender identity.
We have the privilege of not even having to think about it or question how we feel.
Not so easy for some other people.
I'm not seeing any downvotes on the kbin web app
They're still around! Discourse, phpbb, etc make it super easy to set up and administer. You don't even need coding knowledge. I'm part of a forum that's been going since the early oughts myself. Old Ocremix forums diaspora.
Think of it like a bookclub. You've just got to find some folks and get cracking
They're neat (I've only tried Uni's), though imho I prefer the manual control of a regular mech/pencil when writing in cursive, because then I can choose when to rotate the lead (ie by rotating the entire pencils).
If you're used to writing with pencils you don't even think about it anymore. It's as natural as dotting an i.
I think this and the stuff happening at Twitter are a nice kickstart to get lemmy and other ferdiverse stuff going.
Long live the ferdervers!
But seriously, I'm with you in sentiment. I'm never going back to the centralised/for-profit soc med services.
All their value comes from the free interactions between people chatting, and they think they deserve to get rich for renting the hall. Fuck that, we can just rent the infrastructure ourselves if that's what it takes to talk in peace.
Usually play some Doom 1 or 2, a level or an episode, or Minecraft if I have more time, but I'm in a boring replay/comfort phase because work is kicking my ass atm
My face when I'm trying to use tar and realise I don't have my shell history on this machine
The Best of World SF is undeniably an excellent sampler of voices from around the world, both of authors and of translators.
The editor comes off as maybe a bit self-centred? But I can't deny they have excellent taste and connections.