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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.

Such a small amount of users on Reddit submit links or comment. The thing that they "won" was splitting a portion of their community of power users who maintain and create the content on their site from the masses who simply consume and doom scroll the main page. I am happy with the type of discussion that is happening on Lemmy, I don't need a post to have 7000 upvotes or a comment to have 1500 votes and a shit load of coins attached to it to make it valuable or interesting.

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Reddit for me was a place to develop niche hobbies and talk about them with other people without having to overwhelm the people around me with opinions on pottery or which is the clackiest keyboard imaginable.

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What's a good podcast you like?

Some I've been listening to lately:

  • Hard Fork - podcast about technology and science from the NYTimes that does a pretty good job of being varied and interesting.
  • Search Engine - newer podcast by PJ Vogt from Reply All about understanding weird or poorly understood topics.
  • Darknet Diaries - IT security stories, hacking, and red vs blue team defense of infrastructure.
  • Behind the Bastards - Stories about terrible people and their effect on society. Start with the Dulles Brothers or Kissinger.
  • Mother Country Radicals - Limited series about key members of the Weather Underground during the civil rights era.
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How does everyone here feel about foldable phones?

I've gotten used to holding onto my phones longer and skipping several phone releases at a time (Nexus 6 > Pixel 2 XL > Pixel 6 XL) and I don't really feel like I can continue to do that with a foldable based on the durability questions from the main screen. The prospect of a smaller device in my pocket is the big factor in wanting one and every time a new flip device comes out I find myself doing the same research hoping there is a magic bullet that solves the screen durability or de-lamination issues.

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I have to carry two phones due to my job and have been considering a flip to shrink the overall footprint of devices in my pockets. I can't tell if the screen protector issues on previous models is overblown or not, but it feels like a real love it or hate it device.

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