A post from 2 days ago presented a graph that showed an important variation in
the active userbase: https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659
[https://discuss.tchncs.de/post/52565659]
Using the daily rather than monthly view on
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120
[https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120] shows a much stable line
(especially if you take into account Piefed’s growth:
https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120
[https://piefed.fediverse.observer/dailystats&days=120] )
Going through the comments in the other posts, a few recommendations that can
help with the overall experience
- use different feeds: either using different Lemmy/Mbin accounts (one account
per type of content), or Piefed personal feeds, but being able to browse
different feeds such as “Good news”, “Hobbies”, “Art”, “Life advice” help to see
more content than politics and tech - discover communities: subscribe to
!communitypromo@lemmy.ca [/c/communitypromo@lemmy.ca], !fedigrow@lemmy.zip
[/c/fedigrow@lemmy.zip] and !newcommunities@lemmy.world
[/c/newcommunities@lemmy.world] to add active communities to your feeds
- go to general communities rather than specific ones: the current user base
only allows so much specialization. Your favorite city builder community may not
exist, but !citybuilders@sh.itjust.works [/c/citybuilders@sh.itjust.works] does.
!stationery@lemmy.world [/c/stationery@lemmy.world] and
!pen_and_paper@lemmy.world [/c/pen_and_paper@lemmy.world] may be inactive, but
!journaling@sh.itjust.works [/c/journaling@sh.itjust.works] is not. - use a
client that allows for comments consolidation: I don’t remember which mobile
apps does it (Sync, I think?), Piefed has that feature built-in too. It allows
to see all comments on a cross-post in the same view:
https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies
[https://piefed.zip/c/privacy/p/928874/worst-in-show-ces-products-include-ai-refrigerators-ai-companions-and-ai-doorbells#post_replies]
- report toxic users and avoid communities that do not handle your reports:
quite a few comments mentioned that issue in the other thread. Mods can’t see
everything, reporting helps to keep the atmosphere of a community enjoyable. -
use a client that implements keyword filters: quite a few mobile apps and
alternative Lemmy front-ends do, Piefed has it built in. It can really help
avoid the “doom and gloom” overwhelming your feed. Finally, a few communities
recommendations for lighthearted communities
- !casualconversation@piefed.social [/c/casualconversation@piefed.social]
- !goodnewseveryone@piefed.social [/c/goodnewseveryone@piefed.social]
- !wholesome@reddthat.com [/c/wholesome@reddthat.com]
- !nicememes@sopuli.xyz [/c/nicememes@sopuli.xyz]
- !dullsters@dullsters.net [/c/dullsters@dullsters.net] /
!dull_mens_club@lemmy.world [/c/dull_mens_club@lemmy.world]
- !twogoobers@lemmy.zip [/c/twogoobers@lemmy.zip]
So what’s going on here, most likely, is that the intake of new users is declining as opposed to people specifically being driven off the platform (as some users allege).
The difference, one would assume, is that on the whole, Reddit’s political biases influence more what is not shown (much like lemmy.ml banning people for any criticism of Russia, China, or North Korea, or the echo chamber in hexbear), whereas Lemmy’s tankie issue also manifests as people actively sea-lioning (e.g. Cowbee) and (especially from hexbear) overt trolling, which shows up more in people’s faces. Both are issues, neither are good.
such as not displaying replies publicly if a blocked user replies to someone
This is slightly wrong, it’s not that it doesn’t display it, it’s that it completely drops the comment. The comment is never added to the instance’s database. It also is never federated, which I believe has the result that if you are talking on a community on the same instance as the blocker, the comment never makes it to other instances.
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Yup. Of course, replies to that reply will also never show up. So this is one of the reasons I wouldn’t use piefed, if user A has blocked user B or instance B, you won’t see the reply from user B or instance B and replies to that reply (regardless of who or from where). So there can be an entire interesting discussion being had that you as a user on some piefed instance cannot see, not because you blocked someone or an instance but because someone else did.
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Yep, it’s a really short-sighted decision with major ramifications that is entirely the product of the type of McCarthyites that would make their own Lemmy alternative just to curb communist influence. I was even considering proposing a PieFed commie instance to keep that connection going and increase exposure, but this seems like it wouldn’t work at the moment.
Did you know, attempting to upload an image with “Anonymous” and (“No.” or " N0") can[1] decrease your “reputation”[2] and you might[1] be denied that upload, with as the code itself states: “deliberately misleading error message”. Source
1: If the text check hasn’t been disabled by the admin of your instance. 2: Literally Social Credit Score.
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If your attitude is < 0.0you cannot downvote either. Attitude is as the code says: “(upvotes cast - downvotes cast) / (upvotes + downvotes). A number between 1 and -1 is the ratio between up and down votes they cast”
If your account has less than 100 reputation you are not considered trustworthy (what things you can do when you are trustworthy I don’t know, but again literally social credit score)
If you have 0 posts, 0 replies, and your username is specifically 8 characters long, you cannot vote
This is slightly wrong, it’s not that it doesn’t display it, it’s that it completely drops the comment. The comment is never added to the instance’s database. It also is never federated, which I believe has the result that if you are talking on a community on the same instance as the blocker, the comment never makes it to other instances.
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Interesting, so it’s even more abusable than I thought!
Yup. Of course, replies to that reply will also never show up. So this is one of the reasons I wouldn’t use piefed, if user A has blocked user B or instance B, you won’t see the reply from user B or instance B and replies to that reply (regardless of who or from where). So there can be an entire interesting discussion being had that you as a user on some piefed instance cannot see, not because you blocked someone or an instance but because someone else did.
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Yep, it’s a really short-sighted decision with major ramifications that is entirely the product of the type of McCarthyites that would make their own Lemmy alternative just to curb communist influence. I was even considering proposing a PieFed commie instance to keep that connection going and increase exposure, but this seems like it wouldn’t work at the moment.
Did you know, attempting to upload an image with “Anonymous” and (“No.” or " N0") can[1] decrease your “reputation”[2] and you might[1] be denied that upload, with as the code itself states: “deliberately misleading error message”. Source
1: If the text check hasn’t been disabled by the admin of your instance.
2: Literally Social Credit Score.
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Incredible, every accusation is truly a confession.
And hey, if your reputation is severely bad (<-10) you cannot downvote
We had a code review yesteday, and this is only half of what we found.
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are you planning on making a post about what you’ve found?
I did think about it yesterday but haven’t chosen to do so yet.
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I’m kinda surprised by just how bad it is, this is almost comically on the nose.
What else did you find?
If your comment
is nothing butstarts wtih a link to a gif reaction it will decrease your reputation and not accept the commentJust a line below that if your reply_is_stupid it won’t accept it either.
If your account is created_very_recently and the reply contains an em dash (—) it sends a notification to the admins
If your attitude is
< 0.0you cannot downvote either. Attitude is as the code says: “(upvotes cast - downvotes cast) / (upvotes + downvotes). A number between 1 and -1 is the ratio between up and down votes they cast”If your reputation is
<= -10you cannot create new chats.If your account has less than 100 reputation you are not considered trustworthy (what things you can do when you are trustworthy I don’t know, but again literally social credit score)
If you have 0 posts, 0 replies, and your username is specifically 8 characters long, you cannot vote
Mods can kick you from a community which unsubscribes you from that community
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