• odium@programming.dev
    3·
    3 months ago

    The old post has 24 votes and this has over 400. Lemmy has grown exponentially since then.

    Thanks spez for being such a big lemmy growth contributor.

      • Wxnzxn@lemmy.mlOP
        1·
        3 months ago

        Ah, just like what Slavoj Zizek said about Stalinists: Joining into the applause themselves /s

        In all seriousness, amazing work you are doing, one of the few projects I support financially, even with being on a subsistence-level income.

        EDIT: You know what? I’ll just leave this here for good measure:
        https://join-lemmy.org/donate

    • LostXOR@fedia.io
      1·
      3 months ago

      As an actual human, can confirm I use my human fingertips to press the upvote button on the posts and comments I enjoy.

  • FauxPseudo @lemmy.world
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’m constantly surprised at how many people upvote my Heathcliff without Heathcliff edits. It’s the most derivative project I’ve ever done and that anyone pays attention is kinda amazing.

    • Wxnzxn@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      3 months ago

      Yupp, blame my FOSS-fundamentalism and communism for being here early - but I still took a looooong break after first trying it out for a bit. Am elated it managed to grow a community since then.

        • Wxnzxn@lemmy.mlOP
          1·
          3 months ago

          The short answer: It made me interested in non-commercial alternatives. The fact that the main devs are communists in their own right (even though not necessarily of the same school of thought as myself, but close enough), certainly helped, too.

          BTW, just in case you are concerned about that - they are commited to free software principles and the software they develop here is certainly politically agnostic, and they can’t and won’t keep anyone from hosting their own instances with their own focus or forking the software in the worst case.

            • psud@aussie.zone
              1·
              3 months ago

              People here describe them as tankies, which I take as meaning a person who thinks the Soviets did communism right

              I prefer old commies. They wanted a local revolution and only liked the USSR in that they were the best source of money for funding such revolutions

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      0·
      3 months ago

      Honestly, if I want dopamine hit from social media or forums, I prefer to get replies. I like discussions and see other people’s opinions.