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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa

@ Gorgritch_umie_killa @aussie.zone

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  • Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities

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  • Oh, I see. Why have you made that choice? I'd understand to keep the subjects towards more community oriented interests, but then, i'm not sure why federation of other community habitats would have any advantages over being separate.

    For example, I imagine East Sussex and Alsace-Lorraine wouldn't have a great degree of things to share between disparate instances like that.

    Anyway, i've not had a chance to look at your instance yet, so maybe i'll understand it better when I duck over there for a sticky beak. All sounds very exciting though! Well done!

  • Introducing Habitat - A Social Platform for Local Communities

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  • How is it federation but not Activitypub specifically? I thought that was the only protocol that currently allows for federation. Are there others? Or other ways?

  • Wafrn.net admins on age verification

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  • This is similar to what we've done on aussie.zone. Go to a bar, order the drink, get receipt, write username, take photo. One of the admins spent a bunch of time, and a bot to sort through the photos.

    Apparently people were quite creative, i really want there to be a record of that creativity somewhere in the future, sounds so fun.

    Maybe they could donate the record of that little episode to some alternative social media museum in a couple decades. I think theres something about the demands of age verification and the creative ways of respecting online privacy that event produced that has some historical value.

  • How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo | The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.

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  • Whats up with all the weird spelling in that article? The = signs in place of letters are very prominent.

    Is it some sort of anti-ai thing they're trying?

  • Does anyone have any advice for young adults that are struggling in life?

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  • After reading that, I feel a need to say,

    "and thanks for the fish!"

  • What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

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  • I'll never get over old mate putting the whole whisk in his mouth! 😂

  • What was the most under rated British TV show ever for you?

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  • Isn't the enforcer based on Alastair Campbell, now does Rest is Politics Podcast, or at least his reputation from the Blair period.

  • Blocking USA news [meta?]

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  • One element of Lemmy that is being underutilised by many people is the 'together but separate' nature of this social media.

    This is probably due to a lot of the user interfaces, be it desktop or mobile, not prioritising showing a distinction between servers.

    The app 'sync' is one example that does prioritise this, (although its not been updated for ages so is slowly breaking).

    This app allows you to visit each server individually, not just single communities. This means you can spend your time on some of the country specific, or special interest servers where the very 'reddity' US politics posting is minimal, if present at all.

    So my advice, go explore some specific servers. I don't know what DB0's server is like. Just had a quick look, seems like a tonne of bots posting on the local, so maybe not the best example of what I mean.

    Try my home instance (aussie.zone) theres a group of regular posters, and while we have an 'overseas news' community, it isnt the most popular community on the server, and US stuff is far from the top three of subjects.

    Other examples of what I mean are,

    Lemmy.NZ Feddit.UK Programming.dev Slrpnk.net

    We have the ability to have whole servers dedicated to niche topics, and their different facets, while still being connected to the whole, its quite fantastic.

    So go explore different servers, maybe even move to a server that particularly interests you, that way when you can't do the content on 'all' or 'subscribed' communities, theres the 'local' or 'favourite' servers there as well.

  • Lemmy's active userbase has been stable since September 2025

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  • Thats really sad you say that considering your home instance is slrpnk.net, which is based off a movement that reaches for a genuinely positive outlook.

  • Random idea: a federated alternative to Amazon Prime built from independent shops?

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  • Interesting to learn about this company, the different storea, and different 'front facing storefronts' ideas soubd on the face of it to be similar to the OP's idea.

    [I only read the wikipedia for my response] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakuten).

    But a read through the criticisms section and the example of the negative systemic influence of centralised power are numerous.

    The examples where the systemic centralised structure of the company influenced the pathway are,

    • the Corporate Culture section the 'Englishionisation',
    • disabling product reviews. This was a product specific case, but it highlights the fact they can take this action sitewide at any time, with little to no recourse.
    • Price Hiking, with up to 18 Rakuten employees having been revealed to have promoted the idea with vendors. If your online marketplace is telling you to do something on price, the pressure for an individual business is great because you are then vulnerable to them making decisions against you with very little you as a vendor can do to respond.

    With these few examples from their wikipedia page the negative and at times malign effects of a centralised platform are revealed in the same way the same exercise for Amazon would reveal the same systemic consequences. With the system OP is advocating the onlibe marketplace would be unable through its own structure to implement these pressures on vendors operating on the network. This systemic difference would make it better for vendors, and customers alike, however harder (but not impossible) for a commercial operation that maintains the network to exist. I'd look tobthe Mcdonalds' Harry Sonneborn owning real estate example of how you can use unique adjacent business structures to build a viable business while not undermining it's core selling point.

  • Please Don’t Be a Lurker!

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  • Looks like you've got a good community going there. Not sure i have much to contribute, but we do have some crossover with the associated communities.

  • Please Don’t Be a Lurker!

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  • I'm not a big fan of those absolute firehoses though. It would be impossible to read as much as they post, and therefore they can't have much invested or interest in the subjects which is bad for discussion and reminds me of the reasons for disliking AI slop.

  • Please Don’t Be a Lurker!

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  • I started posting by picking the communuty for the place i live and trying to post local and independent media and special interest groups articles about/in the context of that place.

    Its benefits are,

    • It creates activity on the fediverse that is unique, and the more interesting for it.
    • You'll be promoting the voices of those less often heard.
    • You can also help local and independent media with readers and exposure. Its seen as more of an offline problem of media concentration, but i think theres online solutions for the surviving publications.

    If you look through my history you'll see my posts to c/Perth/WesternAustralia there are ebbs and flows in interest but the key point is when something happens, say a protest, or a pub banning some nazis the community is there ready for the users, active and established.

    If you go to the sidebar of that community, and all the communities i moderate i have gathered in each a host of resources for people to refer to for articles and information in regards each of those communities. It also helps me to have easy access to those publishers as i look for something i find interesting.

    So i don't know what city or State you live in, but if theres a place based server, or a generalist server that hosts a community for it, i'd start posting there. If it looks abandoned maybe jump onto that servers c/meta and request to become the moderator. That'll give you the ability to change things like the sidebar and participate in managing misbehaviour if/when users post things off topic/against the rules for the community.

    See you in fediverse ;)

    Edit: oh, also posting is a piece of active fun, instead of waiting passivley for something to entertain you. So its fun in a different way to scrolling feeds, or commenting.

  • TIL: Australia was the first to use it and is leading in autonomous mining

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  • Everybodies building rockets to get to the asteroids to mine them, but it'll be Australian mining companies that do the mining.

  • MAGA supporter feeling gaslit

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  • First of all, i don't think you're tooting your own horn, you juuust stated you don't have a car! So its unlikely you happen to have a horn lying about...

    Intentional is a good description, but from what i read i want to add sincerity. Thats important, especially in a world of grift and propaganda.

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • In a suburb about half an hours drive from me theres a pink house, like an almost barbie-pink. Its eye-catching, i love it for them. I bet theres a real character in that household!

  • Whats your hot take on something that doesnt matter at all?

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  • In Western Australia we've been rolling out FOGO bins (Food and Garden organics waste), last summer i didn't tie off one of the bags properly and there were maggots everywhere, spilling out of the bin.

    I guess this could happen with general waste bins as well, so i suppose i've changed my attitude on the wrapping up waste to go in your bin idea. The only way i see around it is more home composting.

  • ‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow,' Justice Department aide said of Trump

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  • When history looks back at this time, i think Biden's largest failure, (in regards this matter), will have been breaking his promise to be a one term President. So many screw-ups happened off the back of that, his catastrophic debate; the funding making it difficult for any other nominee but Kamala Harris to run; the undemocratic way Kamala was elevated to the nominee position; the late in the day change itself.

    I suppose it was his own self importance, but democracy is never about one person. Each person plays a part, it needs to be recognised and acted upon when that part has finished.

  • I tried to outsmart the social media algorithm. Here's how it outsmarted me

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  • Its been two or three years now since i dipped out, the way you describe using the 'don't recommend' and 'not interested' options seems to have a clearer result than when i last used them. If they've changed that functionality in the meantime i'm glad.

    Yeah, some of peoples suggestions here are good. I liked that user who only looks at their subscribed channels tab, if i ever go back maybe i'd try that. Though the only youtuber i miss is adamsomething, one day i might jump onto his patreon.

  • Trump Demands DOJ Pay $230 Million for Investigating Him — And His Cronies Get to Approve Payout: Report

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  • Corruption has made the US a rotten place, if Republicans without brainrot wish to live in a country that isn't tearing itself apart again they need to reject the corruption at all levels. They need to reject what they have so far accepted from their side as equally as they've rejected the corruption of the other side. The gains they think they're making under this regime are crumbs from the table of corruption they unleash. There is no reason for anybody to be honest actors if the Republicans refuse their responsibilities to all their countrymen.