The tricky part is, the group-supporting fediverse software and the microblogging software need to improve how they interact for this to be as good as it could be.

Right now Mastodon barely supports group users/actors/accounts, however they're called, translating stuff from Lemmy's format in a rather clunky way. Meanwhile Lemmy also has to roughly translate Mastodon's format to its own, working pretty well all things considering, but leaving clear artifacts (subject line/first line repeating, community mention remaining shown, etc.).

1y ago

Trying to loosen up the brushwork

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

It looks nice! I dig the reflections.

1y ago

Japan Cracks Down on Exploitation in $21 Billion Anime Industry

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

Even in a country where a culture of overwork permeates a wide range of businesses, the anime industry is notorious for the grueling hours that workers put in. Animators in their early 20s earn less than 2 million yen ($12,948) a year, according to industry data, compared with over 3 million yen for a person of a similar age living in Tokyo. That’s less than half of what US entry-level animators earn, websites like Glassdoor show. Creative workers also complain of late and uncertain payments.
Some, though, sense change is afoot. A working group for the United Nations Human Rights Council last year called out Japan’s anime industry for its poor treatment of workers, along with cases of sexual violence and harassment in the country’s entertainment business. In a May report, the group referred to “excessively long working hours” and low pay, as well as a disregard for creative workers’ intellectual property rights.

Talk about frustrating to infuriating. They need to unionize like hell, and if the government is genuinely looking at addressing this, this would be a good time to do so. A government aiming to save face may be more amenable to unionization efforts than at other times.

Honestly pleasantly surprised to see encouraging worker activism towards the end of the article as well.

1y ago

Started trying out TinyBit Launcher and have been enjoying it a lot!

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

I haven't noticed any major issues with it in my usage, so...Maybe not? Could always give it a try and if it doesn't seem to work well, no worries switching back to your other launcher.

1y ago

Small mountains

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

Small mountains but big accomplishment! Congrats on the piece!

1y ago

How are you doing with your communities?

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

What I miss from most communities are actual posts that invite interaction.

What still confuses me a little are the posts that get upvoted and invite interaction but still end up without any comments. The upvotes indicate there's others presumably interested and yet no one else seems to know enough/have enough interest to comment. I get not knowing enough, so I hope it's more of that than a lack of interest, even if it's still disappointing.

For posts that don't really request knowledge but opinions or advice, it's interesting to see them left alone when elsewhere you can see people more than willing to share their views.

1y ago

How do you clean your glasses and the microfiber cloth used to clean your glasses?

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

You might like this thread from awhile ago: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/27389827

1y ago

Rape under wraps: how Tinder, Hinge and their corporate owner chose profits over safety

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

I understand the sentiment, but your conclusion only reinforces Match Group's position. It overstates some real phenomena and makes people feel resigned to use their miserable services.

Public spaces have been increasingly reduced but there are still community centers, libraries, parks, walking paths, and so on to simply be in.

Those same spaces also tend to hold events for people to go out to that don't cost anything to attend. At the same time, there are also some private venues that allow others to make use of their space for events and meetings without charging anything, and buying things being a courtesy but not obligatory.

With those offline events, you then have opportunities to meet people besides some bad apps. However even online you have plenty of opportunities to make connections with others outside of matchmaking apps that may lead to more. Neither way is as straightforward, but given the state of dating apps, it's better than acting like they aren't real options.

1y ago

Onboarding experience needs to be simpler for mass adoption

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

A part of the problem is that there are multiple similar general topic instances/sites to choose from. If there were more dissimilar, specific topic instances/sites it might help reduce the choice paralysis a little.

It might even better help highlight the perks of federation, as it would be easier to be like, "See, even though you're on cuteanimalsposts, you can still check out and comment on stuff besides cute animals if you want."

1y ago

Is it a rule that fan theories have to be so dark?

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

It's arguably layers of this cover behavior, and mostly as you say because it's fun. The first layer, closer reading and fan theorizing, is covering why they're into children's media or some other media that isn't seen as fitting them.

The second layer is entwined with the first, the fan theorizing is itself covering what some are too insecure to say or do outright, which is make fan fiction. Some may look down on making fan fiction in similar ways as they feel looked down on for what they're enjoying, making it somewhat ironic.

In short, don't let your fan theories remain theories, make fan fiction and your own independent, inspired work!

1y ago

New Runescape-like online co-op dungeon crawler tops Steam charts with "Overwhelmingly Positive" reviews

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

The game the article is about is FlyKnight.

1y ago

What gameplay systems or game mechanics do you enjoy?

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ElectroVagrant @lemmy.world 1y ago

You might find the game Gnosia interesting then. It's a visual novel with a hidden traitor mechanic mixed with a time loop, which is partly there to narratively explain how and why the hidden traitor changes each time.