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by dimmke 3y ago
You're saying a large percentage of the current userbase won't (probably >90%) However, all users aren't the same. While I did not moderate any subreddits, I contributed substantially to several small ones in the way of po
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by dimmke 3y ago
>On the illusion of autonomy. This is the part that your side doesn't get - having power to do something and not using it doesn't mean you're giving off an "illusion". Everybody who runs a subreddit is fully awar
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by dimmke 3y ago
I've been on Reddit since 2009, and never cared about any of that stuff or claimed I was going to leave Reddit over it. I absolutely am leaving Reddit over this. I am keeping my account, because I might need it to promote my business (
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by dimmke 3y ago
I think the people that we are arguing with don't understand that being a moderator of a subreddit isn't just about being able to ban people. It's about being a leader of a community. You decide rules and shape the "cult
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by dimmke 3y ago
Ultimately, we can only speculate on what's going to happen. Neither of us can say conclusively, we can't see the future. All I can say is that subreddits are built on the idea of autonomy - it's not just that they have their
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by dimmke 3y ago
Nothing, but it would result in even more backlash. I could see them doing this for the most popular subreddits like r/videos, but if you start doing this for even medium sized subreddits it’s going to have even more severe consequence
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by dimmke 3y ago
There are already reports of some large subreddits shutting down permanently, such as programming humor. The idea that this action can’t possibly hurt Reddit I keep seeing is amazing to me. It absolutely will hurt Reddit. Even if it’s not a
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by dimmke 3y ago
I mean I’d rather not use Reddit than use the official Reddit app. The “there’s nowhere to go” argument only works up to a point where doing nothing is perceived as more desirable than continuing on. I will say, I think Discord could benefi
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by dimmke 3y ago
To be clear, that’s people paying a monthly subscription fee for an app that is free and has several premium one time IAP unlocks. For example, I paid for Apollo Pro as a one time thing so I’m not a subscriber. Only people paying for Apollo
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by dimmke 3y ago
I think you’re wrong - the audience that Reddit was built on is paying attention to this, and it’s going to have a lot of knock on effects. People who have been around for a while. Hell, I was one of the people that moved from Digg to Reddi
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by dimmke 3y ago
First of all, I think it's reasonable to start with the assumption that a case is fake until you validate that it is real. Secondly, that's a ridiculous place to put the goal post. He didn't write the argument he submitted. H
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by dimmke 3y ago
"Causes of disbarment may include: a felony involving moral turpitude, forgery, fraud, a history of dishonesty, consistent lack of attention to clients, alcoholism or drug abuse which affect the attorney's ability to practice&quot
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by dimmke 3y ago
Penalty?! He should be disbarred.
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by dimmke 3y ago
>but I suspect that's the reason nobody's ever just forked Reddit and made their own. People have absolutely made sites that have been described as "Reddit clones" - I never investigated enough to know if they were ac
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by dimmke 3y ago
Yes I think a co op model could be good. I think because we are software engineers, we think some novel technology will fix this issue. But the real problem is that companies take on too much money and are then distorted by it. There has to
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by dimmke 3y ago
I’ve been thinking about this a lot. Every year for the last 12+ years there has been some alternative to Reddit. The code to the old version of Reddit is even open source. The problem is most solutions want to go back to decentralized, whi
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by dimmke 3y ago
I’ve had this thought for a while. Companies like Vercel have coined the term “composable” but it really does feel like this is what is actually driving things.
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by dimmke 3y ago
To me the "fediverse" is an ideological answer. I think a more practical approach is starting software companies that aim smaller, and don't take on VC funding. Imagine a version of Reddit that doesn't need to IPO. That
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by dimmke 3y ago
I keep seeing comments like this. “Man, if only people cared about decentralization” or “this proves that centralization is a failure” As if we don’t all know that and have thought that forever. All of this stuff WAS decentralized before Re
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by dimmke 3y ago
I had this exact thought. I believe Reddit is the #1 app/service people point to when discussing how inconsistently this rule is applied (Reddit is simply too big to impose that kind of sanction on, even for Apple.)
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by dimmke 3y ago
I have Reddit posts auto open in Apollo but specifically went to this one in browser to see how bad it’s gotten. It’s not just an annoying pop up. You literally cannot use most of Reddit in a mobile browser now. And I came from the link in
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by dimmke 3y ago
Reddit, making a blatantly obvious case for why third party apps are necessary on a post about stopping third party apps: https://i.imgur.com/3yEJ4oX.jpg
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by dimmke 3y ago
I was never into "PC Building", but had a friend who was and a few years ago they helped me build out a "Small form factor" PC, using this case: https://imgur.com/a/7xLBiC3 The case was designed to
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Tell HN: The HBO Max to Max “transition” locked me out of the service completely
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by dimmke 3y ago
Yeah and the attitude towards suggestions is pretty poor. I’m in too deep to refactor right now, but Inertia looks like a good option eventually. Keeping the benefits of svelte while moving to a better backend. I’m glad it was posted.
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by dimmke 3y ago
I agree with you and I think this is by far the biggest risk to SvelteKit as a project. The biggest problem is that it’s very prescriptive for some things and then has no opinion (or even guidance) on other areas. Like forms, the docs say u
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by dimmke 3y ago
I agree with you, but what that actually looks like can vary. Personally, I found maintaining a second backend only codebase and hitting it from the SvelteKit backend to be really cumbersome. You can write controllers and even an API and ke
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by dimmke 3y ago
Dig through your hiccups’ tweets from before 2016. There’s bound to be something.
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by dimmke 3y ago
So I watched the video at 1.5 speed, and so much of what he is talking about is adding layers of insulation to mitigate rot that can happen when a structure is framed with wood, especially newer cheaper wood which isn't nearly as resil
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by dimmke 3y ago
I can only speak anecdotally, the house I owned was built in the 50s, so it makes sense that insulation wasn't as good. But my parents' house was built in the 80s, and has always had serious problems with the upper level being muc

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