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Russia promises retaliation after Ukrainian drones hit a Russian tanker in 2nd sea attack in a day
  • Russia crying "no fair!" after every attack makes them all just a little bit more satisfying :)

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    Etymology – For fans of word and phrase origins to learn and share interesting findings
  • Subscribed

    Origin: late Middle English (in the sense ‘sign at the bottom of a document’): from Latin subscribere, from sub- ‘under’ + scribere ‘write’.

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    [Firefox Addon] Lemmy Modern UI Theme
  • @pkrasicki This looks great and I'd love to check it out. Would it be possible to add support for my instance?

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    Lemmy Browser Extensions & Userscripts
  • That modern UI addon looks pretty cool but doesn't work for me despite running 0.18.2.

    Do you have to get your instance manually added for support?

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    I'm aware of kbin, mastodon, and lemmy. Are there any other federated applications out there?
  • Why do you think it's badly federated? I've never been unable to find my peertube account from anywhere I've tried - Mastodon, Firefish, Friendica, Pixelfed, or Lemmy.

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    I'm aware of kbin, mastodon, and lemmy. Are there any other federated applications out there?
  • And Firefish has so many more bells and whistles than that! Full-text search, antennas, quotes, drive, pages, channels, MFM.

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    Voyager released to Google Play!
  • Amazing! Just some limited use so far but the experience seems every bit as good as the PWA. Thanks!

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    Voyager released to Google Play!
  • Yeah it feels a bit softer. Pretty subtle difference but I actually prefer the native app haptics to the pwa a bit.

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    Lemmy is slowly getting better
  • Thanks! It's nice to get a little recognition for putting in the work 😎

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    Android Lemmy app list
  • Damn. The app situation has improved so dramatically over the last month!

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    Lemmy is slowly getting better
  • Congrats on your promotion to a 1! You earned it (by posting).

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    What is the difference between YouTube and peertube?
  • From my understanding peertube has less restrictions of content compared with youtube.

    It would depend on the PeerTube instance you join.

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    What are some smaller Lemmy / Kbin instances that are just as good as lemmy.world
  • Meh. Sounds like a bunch of tankie bullshit.

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    The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
  • Yes and no. And verifying by domain is better, especially for people who are likely to be impersonated (ex. Journalists).

    Rel="me" doesn't actually verify a user's identity, it verifies that a user has a relationship with a website. The problem is that you need to leave Mastodon to make sure that the website actually verifies their identity. I've verified a connection between a Mastodon and Pixelfed account, for example, but it doesn't tell you anything about who I am. It's also much easier to spoof a website than it is to get the BBC to give you an account on their private instance.

    It really works great the other way though! If you have a known identity here, you can be sure that the linked sites are legit.

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • Maybe? I think it's also because they're constantly under attack from conservatives. Anything too progressive or new could make them stand out more as a target. "The Fediverse?! Look what the Liberal CBC is doing with taxpayer money now!" It's maybe put them in a box where they think they can only do whatever other news or media organizations are doing.

    I also think they probably underestimate the amount of support they have from Canadians too.

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    BBC is starting its own Mastodon instance. The CBC should do the same.
  • I sent a couple emails to them around the time Musk labelled them as state propaganda. They sent one reply back saying they'd forward it to whoever is in charge of social. No way to know whether or not is was just basically flushed down the toilet though. I don't know if there's a particular way to reach them to recommend that they set up a presence here.

    I don't really see the downside for them. A private server would be relatively low cost and it could be hosted on servers they control in Canada. Beyond an official place for their work, it also means their employees and journalists wouldn't have to worry about where to sign up, plus give them instant account verification.

    As much as I love the CBC, they always seem a bit too reluctant to lead.

    Edit: Just wanted to add that it's important to reach out to CBC any way you can. I'm not sure about other Fediverse projects but Mastodon at least uses Rel=noreferer in the header. Traffic from Mastodon users will show up in analytics as direct traffic so they can't see how many people are originating from there.

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    The BBC on Mastodon: experimenting with distributed and decentralised social media
  • It also solves the verification problem. It's without a doubt the best way to go for an organization - especially news orgs.

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    0.28.0 Custom swipe gestures, new logo, v1 and more!
  • Oh wow, thanks for resolving this with Stux. The app does seem more responsive after the update. I love the new icon too -- especially now that it's not sitting on my homescreen taunting me ;)

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    0.28.0 Custom swipe gestures, new logo, v1 and more!
  • It broke for me. What version of Lemmy supports CORS?

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