The death of Bram Moolenaar, Vim founder and benevolent dictator for life (BDFL), in 2023 sent a shock through the community, and raised concern about the future of the project. At VimConf 2024 in November, current Vim maintainer Christian Brabandt delivered a keynote on “the new Vim project" that detailed how the community has reorganized itself to continue maintaining Vim and what the future looks like.
You’re posting this on the Fediverse and still recommending centralized corporate social media? We can do better than make the same mistakes again and again.
Try Mastodon as a Xitter replacement.
Friendica as a Facebook replacement.
And if you’re able and have transport, support your local businesses by buying products locally (especially independently owned stores), instead of ordering from Amazon.
Guess what? I still use Reddit, too, because content on Lemmy is extremely scarce in comparison. Mastodon is likewise a fringe network. I’ve barely even heard the name Friendica so I can be certain there are approximately zero people I know there. Shopping local is great when local businesses actually put their prices and inventory online, but they rarely do.