I went to my account in Memmy and edited some settings somewhere where my password was and hit save. All seems to be fine now,

This seems to be related to the Lemmy hack earlier today.

Phillies fan checking in. Agree. I have a community with a bot that posts game updates like Reddit (which is nice) but the game threads are mainly me posting once or twice and one or two other people with side off comments. No community engagement so to speak. Long way from the Reddit game threads of several thousand comments.

I thought I was gonna be able to quit Reddit full time. Didn’t look for a few days, then did. Still check since some niche communities aren’t over here (or active) yet so I have to go there. But I only still check every few days (I was a several time a day redditor so usage is down) and I’ll check Lemmy at least once or twice a day now.

I mean, they aren’t fucking wrong. Half life 3 has a federated communication system built into multiplayer? Go do it Gabe.

I literally had someone request to “follow me” who then immediately text me and ask — what is this thing that it just put me on.

They are definitely inflating numbers and making it hard to drop user count because deleting threads deletes your Instagram too.

You’ll only ever hear about total users now never “active” would be my guess which after a few days or weeks will be significantly less than the “10 million” that supposedly “signed up”

I’m talking about the wall in their rooms though that they can use to listen in when they want, you have no private conversations.

Except I was prompted to create an account no less than like 2-3 times in the 2-3 times I opened Instagram after it launched. It’s not automatic but it is damn near two step enrollment. I’d like to see ”active users” two weeks/months from now after the enrollment storm passes to see who actually stayed with it.

For social media that’s the plan

1984 - George Orwell tried to warn us.

I would at least give them a chance. Meta is DOA.

It’s meta. It was ruined in the conception stage. No way were there good actors at play at any point in this process.

I loved Reddit and Twitter until they made it clear users were not the focus anymore. I’d never lock myself behind those systems again. I made that mistake twice. I use beautifully built 3rd party apps that were cut off at the kneecaps with no warning. I’m here to stay. For some, that meta data mine will be all they want / need, so good for them?

It’s garbage and people will love it.

Don’t threaten me with a good time

It’s garbage and people love it. 🐑

This

Sounds like a ‘you’ problem… 🤷🏻‍♂️

What’s Twitter?

It’s the algorithm!

I can’t upvote your shit. Server too overloaded. Another great sign.

Here’s an up arrow to show my support.

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