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I would have expected Meta to have learned by Elons mistakes but I was just asked if I want to subscribe for a blue tick to verify my account to make my followers feelnsafer in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 34 points 2 years ago

Calling it verified is the only problem for a paid service. Name it Premium, +, anything else that implies a value added experience. But pay for verification is stupid.

Why is serveral instances down simultaneously? Is it just me? in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago

So does reddit.

Polybius - hoax arcade game said to have been created by an unknown government agency to test mind control technology in c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

Showcase by Radiotopia did some good podcast episodes about it. https://www.radiotopia.fm/showcase/the-polybius-conspiracy

Aside: Did someone recently change the default Wikipedia page to the Greek figure?

I have a preview image in lemmy (memmy app) as from the urban legend page but it opens to true Greek one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)

Advertising revenue in Twitter crashes by 50% in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 8 points 2 years ago

The ~ has an error of +/- 50 percentage points.

Everything that uses configuration files should report where they're located in c/technology@lemmy.ml

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 2 points 2 years ago

regedit.exe
dconf
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Meta Threads engagement has dropped 50% in a week in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 84 points 2 years ago (19 children)

What new personal information did meta get from Instagram users enabling threads?

What is the difference between Lemmy and kbin? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same way as a lemmy community. eg !technology@kbin.social.

I believe that there should not be an official app for the Fediverse in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago

Why is it a hot mess.

I think it works very well?

I believe that there should not be an official app for the Fediverse in c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why?

Dutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitter in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 4 points 2 years ago

It's still Google's mail server. The mail client is irrelevant.

Dutch government starts own Mastodon instance as reaction to the instability of Twitter in c/fediverse@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Eh, lots of companies use gmail it's just masked by being their own domain and part of g suite.

What banned subs on Reddit would you like to see a community for on Lemmy? in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[–] master5o1@lemmy.nz 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There already exists lemmynsfw.com for a bunch of the obvious.