100% I'm done investing my time in closed services controlled by capital

Google and Youtube have been sucking [insert preferred pejorative metaphor here] for ages; Musk just says the quiet part out loud.

But at least people are listening

I think something to focus on would be a clean and easy-to-understand explanation of Lemmy and how the instances federate together.

This is still something Mastodon is struggling with when it comes to onboarding. Even for the technologically minded, it can be a steep curve and there are potentially a lot of other people who will balk at the walls of text and technical jargon.

Obviously, it all can't be fixed overnight, but I feel a lot can be done to improve the onboarding for users without overloading them with information.

Maybe a small step-by-step wizard-style system to help someone find and instance and explain Lemmy in bite-sized chunks of info would be a good first step.

Professionally I'm a UX Designer and Business Design consultant and I'd love to be able to lend expertise to the project!

Went ahead and deleted my account, might as well tear off the bandaid

100% If it’s not contributing to the bottom line, it’s out

This is an extremely shallow perspective

100% too gross for me

Am I going to regret asking for more information about snake myths?

I see you're a person of taste

100% and they don't really need to reach the same critical mass as Reddit for example; in-fact they may be better if they don't

I like neurodivergent in the same way I like queer.

It’s got a real punk feeling; I don’t into fit in to your normalised perception of reality, I don’t need to and I relish not fitting into this narrow definition of what it is to be.

Mandalore, Hbomberguy, AmbiguousAmphibian, Jwlar, The Dadliest Man, MattKC, Oxhorn, Joseph Anderson, Your Favourite Son, Summoning Salt, Noodle, Avalanche Reviews, Monty Zander, Boulder Punch, The Nth Review, King K

Maybe some others, but those are the ones that jumped out in my Sub list!

I’m very new to contributing in that kind of style, git and code is scary to me; I’m more here for research, recommendations and element design.

What would be the best way to contribute non-coding expertise? I always feel like I’m imposing in these kind of spaces when I want to offer advice and insights as they come from such a different sphere

Rupaul can be/is quite shitty

The commodification of drag is pretty gross to an extent too

I'm Australian so we've always been taught to be wary of snakes; know that they're more scared of us than we are of them and give them a wide berth if spotted.

Snakes like to sun themselves on paths and people often don't see them until they're right on top of the poor thing

I don’t think that’s “taking advantage of vulnerable people”

The options still exist for people to learn and theming is incredibly inconsequential.

They’re monetising to support development in a minimally impactful way, that is completely optional, and I think that’s a good thing.

Hello! I was an early member of the GayBros subreddit before it got all toxic and nasty.

Hopefully it'll stay chill here on Lemmy

You're on street(ActivityPub), you have your home(lemmy.ml) and in your home there's a bunch of rooms with people hanging out(communities), but you can visit other houses(Beehaw, kbin) on the street and hang out in their rooms too.

There may be rooms in different houses that have similar purposes, but you can freely go to whichever is best for you and aren't required to stay home. It doesn't matter if there are multiple rooms in different houses for the same purpose; just check them out and see which one works best for you

😂

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance can be a difficult read at times, but is honestly incredible.

If you like having things to ponder and think on, it’s unforgettable