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A geologist and archaeologist by training, a nerd by inclination - books, films, fossils, comics, rocks, games, folklore, and, generally, the rum and uncanny... Let's have it!
Elsewhere:
Yrtree.me - it's still early days for me in the Fediverse, so bear with me

Moderating

And Finally... feddit.uk

Home Video (VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4k) feddit.uk

🦋 Bluesky Social lemmy.ml

NeoDB lemmy.zip

Fediverse memes feddit.uk

British Comics feddit.uk

Broligarchy Watch lemm.ee

Alan Moore feddit.uk

You can't park there, mate feddit.uk

Smart Homes feddit.uk

Lovecraft Mythos - Cosmic Horror lemmy.world

12mo ago

Online Safety Act - Feddit UK
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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 12mo ago
Yeah, I added that footer to the Lobster.rs post:
https://feddit.uk/post/23955135

12mo ago

Online Safety Act - Feddit UK

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 12mo ago

Cheers.

12mo ago

I tried neodb.social, but everything seems to be in an east asian language (mandarin)?

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 12mo ago

It has Chinese devs and the majority of users are Chinese. Hopefully, now people are discovering this service, we'll see more instances in other languages.

12mo ago

Pixelfed's first plateau in progress

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 12mo ago

There has definitely been an uptick in sign-ups - first around the Inauguration (despite being a UK instance) and then with Reddit's pornmaggedon. In between it didn't drop back down to the old rate in between. db0 have seen a.massive spike recently too.

1y ago

The /r/piracy link to lemmy /c/piracy hit the reddit frontpage with 7K+ updoots!

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

A lot of people are.

1y ago

Tried reporting some of the abuse on SDF and the Nazi troll just banned me for being a "Libtard"

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

I’ve known that reports on Lemmy are faulty and Admin only reports, or more control of who receives them has been suggested but Lemmy’s devs never listen.

Yeah, the person being reported shouldn't get the report and they currently do if they Mod the forum the post is on or Admin the instance the post is on, the reporter is on and the reportee is on. That's open to abuse.

1y ago

Ex-Tory MP reportedly joins Ukraine foreign legion in non-combat role

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

I hear the Azov Brigade might suit him.

1y ago

Ex-Tory MP reportedly joins Ukraine foreign legion in non-combat role

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Could we send them all off to fight?

1y ago

Thames Water seeks court approval for emergency cash

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Capitalism for the poor, Communism for the rich.

1y ago

Is there a mmo equivalent of the fediverse?

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Creedy Defence Force, prowling the zombie filled streets living on the edge. Good times.

1y ago

Loops became Open Source!

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Would it be more or less if Adam wasn't eating your ass?

1y ago

Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

I don't think this can be used for monetisation, I am not sure the instance gets a cut of any sales, they are just connecting users.

That is an issue the Fediverse, with its anticapitalist stance, has yet to full address but Ghost is addressing how to monetise content in a Substack way and that subscription model is probably one that would be more acceptable on the Fediverse.

1y ago

Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Great idea. I just wonder how Flohmarkt is read by non-Germans.

Those non-Germans using Huawei/Xiaomi phones or buying from Shein? I reckon they'd not bat an eyelid, especially for English-speakers when you explain it means "flea market". With Shein if anyone even bothers asking about the name, all they want to know is how to pronounce it ("she in", not "shine" or "sheen") and what it means ("it's complicated", "OK, never mind then").

1y ago

Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Bit of a chicken and egg situation there.

I suppose we could spin up a UK instance or find someone who would but then you'd need numbers to make it work too. However, if people would be interested in using this then speak up and it'd be easier to asses the need. It could be something regional instances bolt on as an added service.

1y ago

Flohmarkt - a Fediverse replacement for Facebook Marketplace

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

"Just go to fedi.markets"

I don't see an issue. With any service on the Internet you direct people to the URL of an instance not the underlying code. If they saw "powered by flohmarkt" and asked what that was, I'd say it was German for "flea market" and I imagine they would be satisfied with that.

1y ago

Since greedy corporations are making websites that exclusively make browsing only on chrome easier, would it be ethical to make lemmy perform better only for firefox/other web browsers to fight them?

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

No.

1y ago

Defense of the internet (from billionaires) according to Cory Doctorow

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

This post sounds less like someone reading a hostage statement, like the last BS one. It makes a lot of sense and I'm glad he's involved in the effort as it will help to keep them honest.

1y ago

Is there a mmo equivalent of the fediverse?

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Back in the day, I used to play the online text-based MMORPG Urban Dead and really enjoyed Nexus War, a fantasy War-in-Heaven game inspired by its success that a lot of the UD players hopped over to.

In theory, this kind of system would work well on the Fediverse as overheads are relatively low and the instances could represent different "lands".

A quick ponder on this suggests some kind of portal fantasy that gives you access to these "lands" as you would struggle to define a map with instances arriving and, probably, dropping out.

High fantasy - a bit like Age of Sigma has its "realms" but they are all on a similar technological level. Perhaps have each realm overseen by a particular god or pantheon with a certain ethos, aesthetic or technology (Steampunk dwarves, magical woodlands, etc). You could probably keep everything balanced by having core sets of weapons or skills with added flavour and modest variation in stats (so you could have summoners who would have a set amount of summoning points and could either get one big thing or multiple small things - so an Ent or some Saplings, zombie Hill Troll or horde of zombie rabbits).
Multiverse - where each instance represents a different "Earth" that has developed in it's own way. Balancing technological systems would be hard as cyberpunk tech would trump Steampunk which would cause problems for Barbarians but Torg managed to do this as hi-tech kit would often break in lower tech worlds.

Something like that. Each instance would work on their particular setting and it could be fun for existing Fediverse instances to come up with a "land" that suited them - db0 would have to pirates, feddit.uk could go Steampunk, SLRPNK could do something... well the theme is pretty clear.

1y ago

Dansup is looking to fund working on fediverse projects full time

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

Looks like the fundraiser is going well. Looks like he is pulling in more money than is split between the Lemmy devs, which will make a big difference - the Fediverse needs full-time devs and so this crowd-funding is key and, hopefully, demonstrates a new funding route for others.

With previous dramas he has caused, I'd really want to see him delegating more, perhaps even create a group to oversee projects.

1y ago

Happy #GlobalSwitchDay

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ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝 @feddit.uk 1y ago

I'm resigned to friends and family being almost impossible to get off WhatsApp. Despite being Meta it is also quite difficult to enshittify. If they manage it, I might be able start a conversation but until then it has to stay.

For everything else Fediverse related I'm using Matrix as most Lemmy business happens there (Lemmy uses it for secure DMs so it makes sense). I will try and move people across from other chat platforms to Matrix on an ad hoc basis.