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  • PicoBlaanket@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlTips for using Lemmy?
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    1. To find new communities - go to https://lemmyverse.net/communities, click the top right “Home” icon and input your home instance (ex: lemmy.world)… now you can open/subscribe to every community you like.

    2. Get a good mobile app - they are listed here (with a ton of other great new-user tips): https://lemmy.ml/post/1470777

    3. Change your default “Sort Type” to “Subscribed + New” (in settings) - now you have a fresh feed of your exact interests, every time you open Lemmy.

    4. Communicate in a genuine, open-minded way - to me, Lemmy is a good place to really connect with people, and have honest discussions (versus the often more ‘performative’ tone of greeddit).



  • PicoBlaanket@lemmy.mltoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlDeleted
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    I agree, there is a time for purposeful sarcasm.

    To me, it requires two conditions:

    1. A person has already expressed their real perspective to a specific ‘opponent’, and

    2. That specific opponent cannot see the hole in their own logic.

    This Norm MacDonald radio clip is a good example.

    He explains his true perspective, and only switches to sarcasm for one sentence (at 5:25), to show the opponent how she is being goofy [and it works].

    His foundation of sincerity gives context to the sarcasm.

    Conversely - nowadays - a common ‘communication style’ is to just spray aimless sarcasm at distant or imaginary foes,

    which (to me) reflects a deeper cultural issue…

    a hiding behind mockery, a suppression of real constructive bravery,

    just dunking on one-dimensional charicatures of strangers (who might not actually exist).

    [So I agree with you - there are times for purposeful sarcasm.]


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    This is a very short story about sarcasm:

    Ted opposes racist rants.

    Yesterday - Ted posted a few exaggerated racist rants (sometimes with the /s).

    2,177 people saw Ted’s racist rants.

    • 50% of them guessed he was joking.

    • 98% of them would not have seen a racist rant yesterday, if it weren’t for Ted’s little gag.

    So the question is:

    Despite the sarcasm… isn’t Ted just spreading more of what he honestly deplores?

    Is Ted subverting his own integrity?

    Why not say how we actually feel?


  • PicoBlaanket@lemmy.mltoLemmy@lemmy.mlHaiku-bot 1.0 out now!
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    “OP made it opt-in”

    1 - It’s not opt-in “By User” though. It’s opt-in “By Community”…

    So if one person turns it on, 1000’s of other people see it.

    OP keeps saying “you can just toggle it off”… but I really can’t… when anyone can toggle it back on.

    2 - Future options for toggling are not much better (bottom of the repo, To-Do section):

    • if a moderator adds the haiku-bot, non-mod users cannot remove it

    • only allow moderators to subscribe/unsubscribe

    …so the toggle option wouldn’t apply to 99% of people anyway.


    a few users were waiting for this (-OP)

    Who was waiting for it? The top level replies in this thread are:

    • you, who wouldn’t use it
    • me, who doesn’t want it
    • Otome, who doesn’t like it

    I think your bot rules are pretty solid though.

    Overall, I just feel like… Lemmy is a fresh space…

    a chance to make a new culture…

    maybe it’s best to leave that old bloated carcass behind.


  • 1 - Yes - some bots are helpful, some (most) are annoying:

    • a Haiku bot falls into your “triggered by accident” category (any post that is 17 syllables).

    • a Haiku bot also does not add any new contextual information (it just duplicates a comment).

    That’s why I’m saying the haiku bot is junk.

    2 - In this very post, when Otome said “I never liked the Haiku Bot”… OP responded “I’ve never liked them much either”…

    so I’m asking OP: “why create a bot to spam lemmy with low-value duplicate content, if you don’t even like that bot yourself?”