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  • The New Digg - Updates on what will it be and what we should expect.

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  • Well, word of mouth is important, and I'm all for advocating for your favorite software. I just thought a couple bits sounded almost like press-release-speak, like this:

    ... Kevin has taken it upon himself, with the help of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, to resurrect Digg. The announcement was made public on March 5, 2025 and a Circle group was created soon after to spearhead the new site's initiatives and to run ideas past an initial group of alpha-testers, better known as "Groundbreakers".

    Digg's mascot? Currently, the site is being tested by a slowly expanding group of die-hard users on iOS, Android, and more recently in your favorite browser. The reception has been overwhelmingly positive.

    Plus some other parts that run down the features. I'm not ready to say it's astroturfing or AI... just strikes me as a little over-positive if that makes sense. But early adopters are gonna be enthusiastic and that's not a bad thing. /shrug

  • The New Digg - Updates on what will it be and what we should expect.

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  • This reads like an advertisement.

    I get being optimistic about a new platform though. Hopefully things work out for them, and maybe they can provide a good alternative.

    OP mentions Lemmy as a non-viable alternative, but I don't think that's the case (obviously, given I'm here). It has design issues 100%. But I don't think any of them are deal breakers. The technology is viable, it's just that these Communities are too empty. I hope in the future, more communities migrate here. And in particular, it'd be nice to see more instances built around being a place for actual (existing) community groups, and not just around the concept of being a reddit clone.

  • Why is Lemmy so US-centric? The largest instances are in Europe, aren't they? So why does it have to be US news trolling as if it were Reddit?

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  • Nice! I was wondering if US or India would be higher and this answers that. I didn't spot that page in time for the previous response.

    I should add too, I don't disagree with your point! It is a huge portion of the English speaking population. I was mostly just being pedantic, but also wanting to push back on a statement that could overstate the importance and relative size of the US.

  • Why is Lemmy so US-centric? The largest instances are in Europe, aren't they? So why does it have to be US news trolling as if it were Reddit?

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  • Maybe native speakers or English only speakers. But over a billion people speak English (approx, per Wikipedia), and US only accounts for a fraction of that.

  • What are your favorite social media platforms?

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  • You mention Lemmy and Facebook and Bluesky and Discord all in the same breath, but they all serve different purposes. The topic premise isn't quite wrong to lump them all in as 'social media' or 'communities', but I think those strokes are too broad.

    It really depends on what your goals and interests are. All have their problems, from dark patterns to limited user count.

  • What's the "keeping it real" history that Americans are taught the whitewashed version in school?

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  • Microsoft concedes that 'The Outer Worlds 2' retail price was too high — Xbox says it "will keep our full priced holiday releases at $69.99," with refunds incoming

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  • Any misstep, setback, or failure -> mass layoffs.

    If they have record breaking success and profits though, I think we'd see mass layoffs instead. v.v

  • Does anyone have any good gardening blogs?

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  • Would love to find some kind of rating in Fdroid

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  • AI-generated search result descriptions

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  • I agree, this is annoying. It's taking the place of what used to be an excerpt, giving me a hint about actual text on the page.

    I haven't seen that yet... hopefully it's on the Duckduckgo side and a setting I can turn off. But it's probably Reddit continuing to be frustrating.

    I'm not against having the AI summary and I do see the utility, it should just be very clearly separated from the real content.

  • Linux Breaks 5% Desktop Share in U.S., Signaling Open-Source Surge Against Windows and macOS

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  • I wonder if SteamDeck counts toward desktop share here? It kinda is a desktop OS, even though it's mainly used on a handheld device. Either way, I think that contributes a lot to normalization and stability of the ecosystem, if not device count.

    The big factor though is probably just a shrinking market. For people that aren't computer nerds or businesses, it's getting less likely they own a laptop or desktop, and more likely they think their phone is good enough.

  • Ask the Developer Vol. 19: Donkey Kong Bananza

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  • A lot of interesting stuff there. Sounds like a lot of care went into the sound and music design. The screenshot of the Switch 1 DKB prototype was cool.

    One quote that stood out in particular:

    Takahashi: There's a lot of leeway in terms of progression in this game. For example, locations or parts of the story you can skip without suffering any consequences. When the game progresses in a way we hadn't intended, we call it a “sequence break” in development terminology. Typically, in game development, restrictions are put in place to prevent this from happening, but since this game is all about destruction, we wanted people to play freely. Truth be told, restrictions make things a lot easier for us developers. (Laughs) But please do experiment.

    We'll see how it manifests, but in general I like when they loosen up on the guard rails.

  • IGN interview w/ DK Bananza devs

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  • A couple interesting bits:

    • Koizumi is the one who suggested this team do a DK game
    • They decline to specify information about DK's age, why Pauline is 13
    • DKB started out on Switch 1
    • Part of the inspiration for the gameplay was one dev just doing technical experiments with voxels

  • The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might

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  • That makes sense! I am a rule enjoyer, I guess I was responding more to the thread than to you in particular. It is good to be aware of the rules, but I also think they can sometimes hinder natural communication and create confusion.

  • The Switch 2's price won't be impacted by Japan's new tariffs, but its games might

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  • Impact, impacted, impacts are totally fine for these use cases. As a native English speaker, I'd never heard of these rules against using them that way.

    But even if there is a rule, it doesn't matter; if the terms are used this way and fully understood by both the speaker and listeners, then the rule is void.

  • Which method, website, or app do you use for your household monthly budgeting?

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  • I've been using an open-source app called Eqonomize!. Before that I was doing something similar, but with spreadsheets.

  • Are you learning another language? How far along are you?

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  • Kanji first sounds pretty good to me. You didn't feel like it worked well?

    I went through Genki I with Kanji mostly sidelined, and I felt like I wished I'd known Kanji better first. Having to look up how to write every character is a drag, and I don't think using kana is a much better alternative.

    You say you could read but not understand... I feel like that's a step up from the reverse! (That being, "I'd totally understand thus if I could read it") And I find that learning Kanji now is making it way faster to remember vocab.

    I guess the lesson is just that it's all important, skipping or putting off any of it doesn't work so well.

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    Whats your favorite Pink Flloyd album?

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  • My answer too. Dark Side is easier to get into, and I preferred it when I first heard both. But going back over the years I think Wish is the better record; I stay wanting to hear it.

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  • There should be a rule on how many people or how many times layoffs can happen before leadership gets let go instead.