Hi, I run GamingOnLinux.com. Happy to be part of a more open place to share and chat with you all.
Ack, that’s a shame. Hmm, what about a linked/parked domain (I forget the term) that simply points to lemmy.ml.
Argh, not again. Fixed. Seems more like a Lemmy bug, as Phoronix uses standard HTML tags for article titles. Bug report opened.
You tried to get the full-time Project Manager of Godot Engine banned from their own subreddit, because they had the audacity to very politely talk to you about the ban on me from /r/linux. You’re fucking power mad. You should not be listened to, ever.
Admins, if you listen to CAP, you will ruin Lemmy.
The name alone is such a ridiculous scream for attention it’s absurd.
Well, by definition of “blogspam” that would basically ban me and GamingOnLinux.
Frankly, I really think it’s a gross term that often discriminates against websites doing good work, and I’m not even talking about myself here. The /r/linux community on Reddit is notorious for this, banning multiple sites giving out good news and I see CAP_NAME is here as a moderator of the Linux community - sad to see this. CAP is a power-hungry tool who claims harassment whenever people don’t agree with his way of thinking.
The problem should not be banning “blogspam”, the issue should be looking at what the sites and the people running/posting them actually bring to Lemmy. Think about the posts themselves. Do they generate discussion? Get regular upvotes? Do the majority enjoy the content. Lemmy itself is small, being hostile to people that might actually help bring traffic is not going to do it any favours right now. I’ve been constantly advertising Lemmy to multiple thousands of people through GOL social accounts, and our website.
Are the people/websites posting about something other people aren’t? Often yes. Are those news websites the initial source most people get the info from? Usually also yes. People love to claim otherwise (hello CAP_NAME), but the majority do not follow hundreds of mailing lists and RSS feeds to source the info like the news sites do.
Honestly, If the route we go down here is to start shouting “blogspam” and turn into another Reddit with far less people but the same hostile rules, then I’m out and I won’t look back.
I love the idea of Lemmy, so please think on all this very carefully.
Well, I’m not advocating for them to become the OSI but the problem is the FSF just doesn’t seem to be advancing anything in recent years. That’s my point about them needing to modernise and bringing back RMS isn’t helping that at all.
As for the idiotic comment, I still think it is. You don’t advocate for something, by going around being a pest to other projects. You talk nicely, educate and try to bring them around to your way of thinking, being obnoxious only brings on ridicule like it has.
Happy to discuss and the podcast is just personal thoughts. However, as you said yourself, they’re not really relevant any more. Bringing back RMS onto the board only makes it even worse, because it clearly pushed away a lot of people. The people that help the FSF become irrelevant are the RMS zealots, otherwise, why would the FSF be fading away year after year? It’s not working.
It needs to modernise and yes, appeal to corps too - like it or not because they have the power.
Look at what the FSF did during this, they put Ian Kelling on the board just showing how they don’t know what they’re doing. Kelling was instantly called out for idiotic behaviour.
Thanks for continuing to share my stuff :)