Then the problem would be people squabbling about genre, which can easily be stopped. I don't think we should prevent ourselves from doing something potentially very helpful because we foresee a chance of another problem occurring, especially one that can be dealt with.
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I feel that Lemmy is still too small for many genres to have their own community.
Is it just because of a funding crisis, or is it also because of rising prices partly due to sheer profiteering?
Because it's the default, societally expected way of being. There's a lot written about it in books and online; you just need to Google it and look in your local library's catalog. There you'll find much more detailed answers and history, including how and why religious and political influence has been used over time.
I think people have the right to choose if they want to listen to something within their comfort zone or not. People have a generally good idea of what they like and don't like, and it's very reasonable for people to want to discover new music within genres they are familiar with.
I don't like this one, sorry. I think it would be better to help people realise that facing hardships in order to achieve a dream isn't a guarantee of success. Rather, it's okay to fail and not everyone will succeed.
The company told subscribers the rise was to “invest in and innovate our product offerings and features, and bring you the best experience”, but tactically avoided mentioning any positive effects for recording artists and songwriters. Their share of streaming income is not determined by Spotify itself – it is also affected by the terms of their record deal, should they have one. Spotify was, however, among services opposing an increase in the royalty rate for songwriters in the US (that opposition failed in July 2022 and the new rate was set at 15.1%).
Doesn't look like it to me, other than what they're obliged to do by the new rate set last year.
"moderating it will be more difficult". So does that mean it is allowed or not? If you "discourage spamming the same story over and over again", do you mean from the same person, or from everyone? So if ten different people posted the same story from different sources, is that allowed or not? The rules are not clear, and your further explanation still isn't clear to me.
So it's okay for people to post the same story from different sources or not? It's still not clear to me.
Out of interest, what made you stop Postcrossing? I used to do it a lot, but the huge increase in stamp prices made me knock it on the head.