Yes, you need sudo.

They are out there… I was doing some exploring of instances the other day. If you look at what instances are blocking it’s pretty easy to see what is out in the fediverse.

Figured out Lemmy in about a day… Trying to setup my own instance… 4 hours of failure so far. Lol

I’m a android reddit is fun user for at least ten years and old.reddit… I am surprised how much I like the Lemmy mobile interface just in browser. Desktop is ok but I have some complaints (centered, not utilizing the width, too much padding on elements). Tried the beehaw themes available, none that worked entirely. The default is totally usable, I’m just being picky. I tried playing around with custom styling but with the modularity of the css it wasn’t easy to do just poking around for 15 minutes.

Thank you. You’ve given me some starts to look into!

Did you end up using a hosting provider? I’m interested as well but can’t host locally.

A DMCA method, Privacy Policy and even a TOS is what is needed to make me feel more comfortable here. Right now, you have no idea what the plan is for your data (and its rentention), data collection, etc. I might dig into the lemmy code and see if I can sus it out myself if I have time.

For sure, reddit became less transparent with the data retention the further their success increased. In the past they claimed that ip addresses on your account would be removed after 100 days except for the signup IP. I did the GDPR requests for all my old accounts. I have one remaining that I deleted all the content off of until I was permenantly done (which looks soon now).

I just really dislike being targeted for ads and tracked for companies purposes to “advertise” to you. I run a dns sink hole, VPN, ublock on all my devices and I know it’s still impossible to be truly anonymous online without being a weirdo and unable to live modern life.

I’m the sameway. I use firefox exclusively and have for years, love it, began using their password manager for a few years now and I’m thinking about an alternative to that I manage. I’ve already been a part of huge databreaches. I would sure hate for my passwords to be out there. I mean, it’s dangerous AF.

That is fantastic! I hope you enjoy it! Amusingly enough, I read it often as a vacation book. Something about actually being detached from life’s everyday bustle allows it to “hit” good for me. I just flipped through my book to look at the chapters and remember it. It’s been a bit since I’ve read it. Time for a fresh re-read. Let me know your thoughts after and enjoy!

Right? It does feel nice at the moment at least.

To me, day 1 here, it feels like a niche subreddit about something you enjoy but that’s the whole platform. The federation and the ability to have multiple of the same communities moderated differently is intriguing idea to me. I think reddit’s troubles began ultimately with it’s popularity. More content, less quality, more of an inclination of reddit for monetization. This is going to be an interesting month that will test the capabilities of this idea we are participating in. I feel like it is entirely possible but I hope that not too much strain is placed on each instance operator and their mod team. I want to be somewhere to anonymously socialize without being the commodity. I do have some concerns about Lemmy, primarily, it’s lack of a privacy policy and a tos. Really my concern is, if I delete my account for example does it and my content also get deleted? What’s the data retention policy? We are seeing this federation could easily be made into a archive like what pushshift for reddit l became which was a major frightening idea that everything you ever posted or commented was archived without your consent or knowledge. This truly is the wild west right now. It’s exciting and I’m glad to be here. Just want some understanding of what we are signing up for. Lemmy’s dev did say there is no logging of your IP address anywhere except web server logs which is to be expected.

Reading this whole comment thread felt therapeutic somehow. You all get it.

I sense something, a presence I have not felt since…

Hello from another reddit refugee as well.

Millennial born in the later 80s. Central US. I work in software engineering but rarely have much to do with it outside of work.

First off, I am incredibly happy to be here. It’s feels great to find somewhere that seems to be a community once again that also allows for me to also no longer feel like a “product” that exists merely for profit like all of the other social media sites for which I have ultimately left. After looking around at many of the lemmy instances, I read the side bar on this one and was immediately attracted to the prospect and ideals of this community while still being able to engage in the lemmy-verse (is that the term?).

A bit about me. I love: Ballroom dancing, tabletop RPGs (D&D), renaissance faires, gardening, being creative, playing music, current events and worldnews, ww2 history, antiques, reading, watching old movies. People tell me I’m an old soul often. I’m goofy, an introvert that can be extremely socially but only for a limited amount of time. I used to play and do regional tours in a rock band. Worked in the music industry for about 4 years but burned out quickly after the band. Favorite book is: “A demon haunted world: Science as a candle in the dark” by Carl Sagan. I’m an atheist since about the age of 18ish. Related to religion, Secular Buddhism is something I have been reading about lately that is something that I have been enjoying. “What the buddah taught” was a fantastic book that was a great foundational look at buddhism in general (not secular). I used to game a lot and still do on occasion but not like I used to. Exclusively interested in casual stuff nowadays. Played too many hours of wow… lol.

Most of all I love spending time with my family. I have an amazing SO and a young toddler that is my world.

I aspire to some day own a renaissance faire shop selling artwork my wife and I produce.

This is likely going to end up going all the way to the supreme court which with its current make up may rule as you may expect and fear. There is likely a reason this is happening now. The issue is essentially can a private and religious* charter school be funded by taxes. The governor has hand selected members of the board that allowed its creation. Its no surprise to anyone anymore that this can happen. It is incredibly frustrating that those in power are so comfortable with such obvious and overt intent to push their objectives through whatever means necessary regardless of legality.