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Cake day: June 5th, 2023

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  • “The core idea is that (at least in North America and Europe), people who are considered “white” have privilege”

    What countries in Europe are we talking about?

    As a POC from a european country I have never felt discriminated based on the color of my pigment and have had the exact same opportunities as the people who would classify as “white”.

    I would classify the discrimination in Europe more based on the fact if you are an immigrant and the specific country of origin.

    The above is frowned upon much more.

    Even then diversity can also be reached to make sure to target more people from different countries who then bring different cultures to a forum if we talk just about Europe.

    It is impossible to talk about Europe as 1 entity, there are so many different countries and cultures within Europe, which is diverse in itself.

    It is just (hopefully) some food for thought.



  • 1 set of games that felt ahead of their time were Pokemon Gold/Silver and Crystal.

    They had so many interesting mechanics and mechanics that (for some reason) were not introduced in the later games that it almost feels like robbery.

    • Day/night time switch with corresponding pokemon. I remember you could encounter night specific pokemon and also daytime pokemon in the night who were fast asleep when starting the battle.
    • Two regions in 1 game.
    • End boss as Red in MT silver
    • Rematches with trainers.
    • Pokewatch system overall
    • Hapiness system for Eevee evolutions
    • The encounter system for suicuine, Entei and Raikou
    • Pokemon crystal with the Battle tower.
    • Moving sprites in pokemon crystal.

    Probably even more, but for me it is still the best designed pokemon game to date and really ahead of it’s time.

    It also felt like one of the last games that was oozing with the passion that the developers put in it.


  • Decoupling from Reddit has been easier than I thought.

    Am actually rotating between Lemmy instances and Kbin to read the articles and thoughts in between my workday and it works like a charm.

    It also really helps that I pavlovd myself to associate Reddit with garbage and instantly make the connection to how they see and treat their userbase.

    It made me open reddit only once during the last days.

    • To run PDS after the blackout.


  • The relay creator did the math and came to the conclusion that an subscription model might maybe work but it would be to tight. It reads as the person is saying that it is unfeasonable.

    Even if the apps would comply;

    • Reddit will jack the prices again when they see fit.
    • Reddit also wins with this pricing because they are gonna pocket the cash.

    Reddit will limit ‘Recommend’ and NFSW content to its official app. >

    And ohw yeah you are gonna get less content for your subscription. It is all in bad faith.










  • I agree. I never moderated a subreddit because I have seen what vitrol people spew at moderators.

    I actually thought that moderators were getting compensated and I was extremely baffled when I heard they weren’t. I cannot understand why someone would take that role to just get piled on day by day.

    The projection part is more focused on the people who scream (1 of my favorites); “What is gonna happen is that after 48 hours people come back, suck it up and install the new app”

    I can understand the sentiment and alot of people will probably do that, that is a choice one makes.

    I do think that the power users and/or people who contribute to the community are looking elsewhere at some point.

    I also don’t have an illusion that Reddit implodes overnight and I will be suprised if people will leave en masse after 48 hours.

    But I do know and that is a sentiment that I keep saying; Reddit will rail it’s userbase one way or the other. They already made it clear that they keep monetizing until they are profitable but companies always want more and more. So you are effectively getting railed eventually and continuously.




  • I won’t be back honestly.

    The fact that they are “willing” to go this route is the writing on the wall.

    I also find it so interesting that people and reddit themselves see the platform as “Social Media” and development is has been going that way.

    I see it as a link aggregator and forum and treat it as such. I just want to find information, comment about it and have it as dense and “clean” on my screen as possible. but The fact that it looks like another Facebook and instagram clone and it is gonna be the only way to experience it is a hell no from me.