Mastodon doesn't have Likes at all.

The star you're referring to is Favorite. Those go into your Favorite list. So you can refer back to them more easily.

The current version with reversed colors, is all that's needed. I wouldn't change it beyond that.

Maybe you move public perception of a product or political goal.
To push a narrative of some kind. Astroturfing basically.

A unified API and a single login, are two separate things.

A single federated authentication could be a good idea. But the various federated services are different enough that they should have different APIs.

This is a common question I don't understand at all.

Can something be stolen if it's scattered all over town? Every post and comment on Lemmy is entirely public.

Like most services, direct messages aren't encrypted. The admins can read all your messages.

Don't ever put something on a social media service, you don't want the whole world to see. This goes for everything that isn't open source and end to end zero knowledge encrypted.

Yes. Absolutely. No question.

The story is about a little guy, fighting the big corporate power that already beat him once, and is trying take over everything. It also explores trans-humanist themes of person-hood, and AI.

That was me in the early 80s. It's why I took first grade twice.

I was lucky though. My mother just happened to be a remedial reading teacher. So after she tried every other option, she broke down and finally tried phonics. That was the missing piece. it suddenly all made sense to me.

Turns out memorization is my biggest learning disability. It would be impossible for me to memorize thousands of words. But with some work, I could memorize the sounds of a couple dozen letters.

After that I was a reading machine.

Still can't spell for shit though. Been relying on spell check since the 3rd grade.

all of them are literally the same.

That's obviously not true. So if you could explain what you actually mean, that could be helpful.

On Reddit I only ever down voted things that were actually bad advice. Things people shouldn't do.

Lots of people like to collect things. When they move, they want to take their collections with them.

Commenting works though!

I've done it. It does work.

Hold your fob a foot to the side of your head. Back away until it stops working. Take 2 more steps back to be sure. Then put the fob to your forehead. It'll work again.

Mastodon is organized around individuals. Lemmy is organized around topics.

The Lemmy way is far superior.

I'm thinking you care too much about the thoughtless reactions of anonymous strangers.
Remember... In this game, the points don't matter.

“I don’t think it was particularly funny, I think it’s puerile.”

She's half right. Truth is, it was very much both.

In my experience, they're thinking 20-30 cents per hour. And yah, that's never enough to change someone's mind. 20-30% that could make a difference, but it's way too much for them to ever concider.

If you look at the lack of rights of Jews in any Muslim country, versus the fact that Muslim Israeli citizens have full rights and even leadership roles in government, it is crystal clear that Israel is the LEAST "apartheid" state in the region.

Being better than the worst, isn't a good justification for being bad. Do you hold yourself to the standards of the worst people you know?

I'd buy a $1M hug from someone I'm very close to. Then offer them a $500K hug.

It doesn't break rule 3 as written.

Is there some way to work a limitation into a licence? Something around only being able to present federated content with included algorithms. That would instantly make it unattractive to all the big players who profit off their specific ad driven algorithmic feeds.

If you suppress it, letting it fester, you're right. But that's not what they're talking about.

They're describing actually letting it go. Letting the emotions wash over you and dissipate naturally. It may look the same on the outside, but internally it's very different. It's by far the best skill for your mental health.