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Kalamazooligan , 1 year ago to showerthoughts in Wouldn't it be nice if instead of just bars with alcohol, there were establishments for people to consume cannabis while eating, playing board games, and socializing?

As long as you don’t stink. So fucking sick of weed users smelling like ass in public.

CosmicSploogeDrizzle , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Do you think that Lemmy will last or will it die in a few weeks?

• Die in a few weeks? No
• Get more users than reddit? No
• Be a place in the long run for privacy minded people to escape corporatism and have discussions about any topic? Yes

Vaggumon , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Do you think that Lemmy will last or will it die in a few weeks?

It was here before the Reddit implosion, will be after. Question is, will you be?

runswithjedi , 1 year ago

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Vaggumon , 1 year ago

Glad to hear it. I deleted 2 accounts with over 100k karama, and moved fully to Lemmy. I’m here to stay as well. Reddit is dead to me.

eating3645 , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Can I block posts about Reddit?

Sure but then you’ll block your own post…

FewerWheels , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Do you think that Lemmy will last or will it die in a few weeks?

Yes.

kratoz29 , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Do you think that Lemmy will last or will it die in a few weeks?

I don’t think Lemmy would die even if Spez gets fired and they write a public apology for the users inconvenience and step back with the API changes…

I for sure am here to stay!

Draconic_NEO , 1 year ago

Honestly even if they fired Huffman, reversed all his bad decisions, and even went open source again it would still never be the same. They would never be able to fix the damage that they’ve done.

That’s what happens when you stab your users in the back like this.

bionicjoey , 1 year ago

Yeah, it’s not as though the third party app devs would suddenly all be like “oh thank god we can keep working with this company”. The bridges are burned.

Draconic_NEO , 1 year ago

Also the person developing Reddit’s mod Toolbox is quitting [source]. That’ll be a huge blow to the ability for Reddit mods to moderate subreddits. Yep they really couldn’t fix this even if they wanted to (they don’t, they think we’re too stupid and that we’ll still keep using Reddit even after every sub is full of spam and “upvote if you agree” posts).

mcmxci , 1 year ago to selfhosted in Lemmy Server on Unraid

I was able to get it running with the docker compose CA app and minimal changes to the official docker-compose file (docs). I’m running swag in front of the lemmy proxy with no issues with federation. Ibracorp’s tutorial can help with the compose plugin

You’ll need to make sure the volume locations and ports are appropriate for your unraid install. You’ll also have to update your domain in the compose file. I’m running swag so I needed to make a new reverse proxy configuration per the official docs.

My compose file is below:

<span style="color:#323232;">version: "3.7"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">x-logging: &default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  driver: "json-file"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  options:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    max-size: "50m"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    max-file: 4
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  # communication to web and clients
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  lemmyexternalproxy:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    name: proxynet
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    external: true
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  # communication between lemmy services
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  lemmyinternal:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    driver: bridge
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    internal: true
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">services:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  proxy:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    image: nginx:1-alpine
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyinternal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyexternalproxy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    ports:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # actual and only port facing any connection from outside
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # Note, change the left number if port 1236 is already in use on your system
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # You could use port 80 if you won't use a reverse proxy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - "8536:8536"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    volumes:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      #- nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro,Z
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - /mnt/user/appdata/lemmy-nginx/nginx.conf:/etc/nginx/nginx.conf:ro
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    restart: always
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    depends_on:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - pictrs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmy-ui
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    logging: *default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  lemmy:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    image: dessalines/lemmy:0.18.0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #image: dessalines/lemmy:dev
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # use this to build your local lemmy server image for development
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # run docker compose up --build
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # build:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #  context: ../
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #  dockerfile: docker/Dockerfile
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # args:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      #   RUST_RELEASE_MODE: release
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # this hostname is used in nginx reverse proxy and also for lemmy ui to connect to the backend, do not change
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    hostname: lemmy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyinternal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyexternalproxy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    restart: always
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    environment:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=debug,lemmy_api=debug,lemmy_api_common=debug,lemmy_api_crud=debug,lemmy_apub=debug,lemmy_db_schema=debug,lemmy_db_views=debug,lemmy_db_views_actor=debug,lemmy_db_views_moderator=debug,lemmy_routes=debug,lemmy_utils=debug,lemmy_websocket=debug"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - RUST_BACKTRACE=full
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - LEMMY_CORS_ORIGIN=<domain>
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    volumes:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - /mnt/user/appdata/lemmy/lemmy.hjson:/config/config.hjson
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    depends_on:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - postgres
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - pictrs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    logging: *default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  lemmy-ui:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:latest
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    image: dessalines/lemmy-ui:0.18.0
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # use this to build your local lemmy ui image for development
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # run docker compose up --build
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # assuming lemmy-ui is cloned besides lemmy directory
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # build:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #   context: ../../lemmy-ui
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #   dockerfile: dev.dockerfile
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyinternal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    environment:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # this needs to match the hostname defined in the lemmy service
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_INTERNAL_HOST=lemmy:8536
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # set the outside hostname here
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      #- LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=localhost:1236
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - LEMMY_UI_LEMMY_EXTERNAL_HOST=<domain>
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - LEMMY_HTTPS=false
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - LEMMY_UI_DEBUG=true
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    depends_on:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    restart: always
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    logging: *default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    init: true
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  pictrs:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    image: asonix/pictrs:0.4.0-rc.7
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # this needs to match the pictrs url in lemmy.hjson
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    hostname: pictrs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # we can set options to pictrs like this, here we set max. image size and forced format for conversion
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # entrypoint: /sbin/tini -- /usr/local/bin/pict-rs -p /mnt -m 4 --image-format webp
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyinternal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    environment:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS_OPENTELEMETRY_URL=http://otel:4137
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__API_KEY=API_KEY
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - RUST_LOG=debug
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - RUST_BACKTRACE=full
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__MEDIA__VIDEO_CODEC=vp9
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_WIDTH=256
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_HEIGHT=256
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_AREA=65536
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - PICTRS__MEDIA__GIF__MAX_FRAME_COUNT=400
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    user: 991:991
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    volumes:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - /mnt/user/appdata/lemmy-pictrs:/mnt
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    restart: always
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    logging: *default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">  postgres:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    image: postgres:15-alpine
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # this needs to match the database host in lemmy.hson
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # Tune your settings via
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # https://pgtune.leopard.in.ua/#/
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # You can use this technique to add them here
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # https://stackoverflow.com/a/30850095/1655478
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    hostname: postgres
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    command:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      [
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "postgres",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "-c",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "session_preload_libraries=auto_explain",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "-c",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "auto_explain.log_min_duration=5ms",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "-c",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "auto_explain.log_analyze=true",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "-c",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "track_activity_query_size=1048576",
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      ]
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    networks:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyinternal
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # adding the external facing network to allow direct db access for devs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - lemmyexternalproxy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    ports:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      # use a different port so it doesnt conflict with potential postgres db running on the host
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - "5433:5432"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    environment:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - POSTGRES_USER=<strong-user>
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=<strong-password>
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - POSTGRES_DB=lemmy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    volumes:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">      - /mnt/user/appdata/lemmy-postgres:/var/lib/postgresql/data
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    restart: always
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    logging: *default-logging
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span>

fat_flying_pigs , 11 months ago

Any chance you can post your config, internal nginx conf, postgresql.conf, and the swag conf? I’m trying to do the same thing and I’ve been running into various errors. And I’ve yet to find a good unraid guide for lemmy. Would appreciate!

mcmxci , 11 months ago

Added internal nginx and external proxy configs to a reply. I didn’t make any changes to the postgres config.

Hope it helps

mcmxci , 11 months ago

My nginx.conf for lemmy-nginx is below, sorry if it’s a bit messy. I prefer to comment than remove working config. You’ll have to change

<span style="color:#323232;">worker_processes 1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">events {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    worker_connections 1024;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">http {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#Beginning of kbin fix
</span><span style="color:#323232;"># We construct a string consistent of the "request method" and "http accept header"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # and then apply soem ~simply regexp matches to that combination to decide on the
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # HTTP upstream we should proxy the request to.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # Example strings:
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #   "GET:application/activity+json"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #   "GET:text/html"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #   "POST:application/activity+json"
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # You can see some basic match tests in this regex101 matching this configuration
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # https://regex101.com/r/vwMJNc/1
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    # Learn more about nginx maps here http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_map_module.html
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    map "$request_method:$http_accept" $proxpass {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # If no explicit matches exists below, send traffic to lemmy-ui
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        default "http://lemmy-ui";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # GET/HEAD requests that accepts ActivityPub or Linked Data JSON should go to lemmy.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # These requests are used by Mastodon and other fediverse instances to look up profile information,
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # discover site information and so on.
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "~^(?:GET|HEAD):.*?application/(?:activity|ld)+json" "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # All non-GET/HEAD requests should go to lemmy
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # Rather than calling out POST, PUT, DELETE, PATCH, CONNECT and all the verbs manually
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # we simply negate the GET|HEAD pattern from above and accept all possibly $http_accept values
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        "~^(?!(GET|HEAD)).*:" "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">### end of kbin fix
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    upstream lemmy {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # this needs to map to the lemmy (server) docker service hostname
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        server "lemmy:8536";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    upstream lemmy-ui {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # this needs to map to the lemmy-ui docker service hostname
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        server "lemmy-ui:1234";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # this is the port inside docker, not the public one yet
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        listen 1236;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        listen 8536;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # change if needed, this is facing the public web
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        #server_name localhost;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">	server_name ;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        server_tokens off;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        gzip on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        gzip_types text/css application/javascript image/svg+xml;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        gzip_vary on;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # Upload limit, relevant for pictrs
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        client_max_body_size 100M;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        add_header X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        add_header X-Content-Type-Options nosniff;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        add_header X-XSS-Protection "1; mode=block";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # frontend general requests
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            # distinguish between ui requests and backend
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            # don't change lemmy-ui or lemmy here, they refer to the upstream definitions on top
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            set $proxpass "http://lemmy-ui";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            if ($http_accept = "application/activity+json") {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            if ($http_accept = "application/ld+json; profile="https://www.w3.org/ns/activitystreams"") {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            if ($request_method = POST) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#              set $proxpass "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#            }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_pass $proxpass;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            rewrite ^(.+)/+$ $1 permanent;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            # Send actual client IP upstream
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header Host $host;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        # backend
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        location ~ ^/(api|pictrs|feeds|nodeinfo|.well-known) {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_pass "http://lemmy";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            # proxy common stuff
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_http_version 1.1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            # Send actual client IP upstream
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header Host $host;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">            proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#error_log /var/log/nginx/error.log debug;
</span>

mcmxci , 11 months ago

This is the nginx.conf file for my external proxy:

<span style="color:#323232;">server {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    listen 443 ssl http2;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    listen [::]:443 ssl http2;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    server_name ;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    include /config/nginx/ssl.conf;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    location / {
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        include /config/nginx/proxy.conf;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        include /config/nginx/resolver.conf;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#        set $upstream_app lemmy;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        set $upstream_app proxy;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        set $upstream_port 8536;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        set $upstream_proto http;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_pass $upstream_proto://$upstream_app:$upstream_port;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#        proxy_http_version 1.1;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade";
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">#        proxy_set_header Host $host;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">        client_max_body_size 50M;            
</span><span style="color:#323232;">    }
</span><span style="color:#323232;">}
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">access_log /var/log/nginx/access.log combined;
</span><span style="color:#323232;">
</span><span style="color:#323232;">You’ll need to change  to the appropriate value. I’m forwarding requests to the proxy container referenced by the compose file
</span>

Grant_M , 1 year ago to youshouldknow in YSK that “neoliberal” refers to a discrete set of economic policies including deregulation, privatization, and so-called “free trade” implemented by both center-right and center-left parties

The term neoliberal was created to be misleading.

tomcatt360 , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Can I block posts about Reddit?

One of the first things I noticed about the app Connect for Lemmy is that it has a word blacklist. I haven’t tried it, but I see it there is settings

NightOwl , 1 year ago

Hopefully RES type option comes out for lemmy and kbin.

imPastaSyndrome , 1 year ago

I mean you could just block the two Reddit or three communities …

WhiteTiger , 1 year ago

The problem is when 50+ communities all start talking about something pointless Trump or Elon said. I want to be able to hide/block posts by keyword, not community.

storksforlegs , 1 year ago to gaming in What are you playing this week?

I started playing Battletech… (thank you Gog summer sale)

EremesZorn , 1 year ago

I’ve been into the BattleTech universe since I was a kid (when I first got MechWarrior 2 on Win95), and nothing has frustrated me quite as hard as some BattleTech missions.
There are some mega mod packs for that game too that drastically change the ruleset (hit mechanics, how cover and evasion works, etc) as well as add in hundreds of new units ('Mechs, armor, VTOLs, even Clan Elemental infantry if you’re playing one of the post-3050 mods). RogueTech is absolutely fucking infuriating, but so far it’s the closest you can get to tabletop rules.

storksforlegs , 1 year ago

Thank you! Are these the expansion packs? Or are these user mods?

EremesZorn , 1 year ago

Community-made mods that you can find over at Nexus, but they usually require ownership of the expansions, if I remember correctly. You definitely want to play through the standard vanilla game for a while before you go messing with any mod packs though, because they are substantially harder.

storksforlegs , 1 year ago

awesome, good to know! Thank you, this is good advice. I hadn’t realized there were user made mods to start with, haha

JoumanaKayrouz , 1 year ago to showerthoughts in A vast majority of Lemmy users are gonna have cakeday in the summer for a while

And now that we’re not on reddit, can we call it something other than “cake day”? Sounds like straight up neckbearded fedora shit

Falmarri , 1 year ago

Can we just not care? Commenting about cake day is the most annoying shit in the world. No one cares

FarFarAway , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in What Android app should I use to browse Lemmy?

I downloaded connect for lemmy yesterday just to see, and although it won’t let me sign in unless I give it my email instead of username. (ive been SOL if an instance doesn’t require an email, but maybe it works on someone elses) i think I’m liking connect better than jerboa though. For me it’s been less glitchy, and it easier to access content.

ZytaZiouZ , 1 year ago

I had an issue signing in, but it turned out my keyboard was adding a space at the end.

SpaceNoodle , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Can I block posts about Reddit?

The only people I see talking about reddit are people like you complaining about unseen people complaining about reddit.

If you stop, it will stop.

Just chill for a bit.

pannacotta__ , 1 year ago to nostupidquestions in Do you think that Lemmy will last or will it die in a few weeks?

Maybe, but I think that the branding of the “fediverse” + difficulty of use will make it unlikely to surpass reddit or any other alternatives. It will almost certainly still be around for years to come, but I doubt it’ll be much more than niche, despite me hoping for the contrary.

lordnikon , 1 year ago

I will say I hate the difficult to use part. it’s no harder than email it’s the same @ symbol and everything. i don’t see people having an issue signing up for yahoo or Gmail. I agree it’s a branding issue but the question is who is branding it that way. seems more like fud to me. is it aa feature rich? no that is valid and will improve in time. once jerboa fixed /c urls I don’t even search for them I just find them organically now.

AlexRogansBeta , 1 year ago to youshouldknow in YSK that “neoliberal” refers to a discrete set of economic policies including deregulation, privatization, and so-called “free trade” implemented by both center-right and center-left parties

So, while you're 100% correct about neoliberalism not belonging to either the left or the right, your basic description of neoliberalism isn't correct. What you describe (deregulation, positive valuation of wealth generation, free markets, etc) is just liberal capitalism.

Neoliberalism names the extension of market-based rationalities into putatively non-market realms of life. Meaning, neoliberalism is at play when people deploy cost/benefit, investment/return, or other market-based logics when analysing options, making decisions, or trying to understand aspects of life that aren't properly markets, such as politics, morality/ethics, self-care, religion, culture, etc.

A concrete example is when people describe or rationalize self-care as a way to prepare for the workweek. Yoga, in this example, becomes of an embodiment of neoliberalism: taking part in yoga is rationalized as an investment in self that results in greater productivity.

Another example: how it seems that most every public policy decision is evaluated in terms of its economic viability, and if it isn't economically viable (in terms of profit/benefit exceeding cost/investment) then it is deemed a bad policy. This is a market rationality being applied to realms of life that didn't used to be beholden to market rationalities.

Hence the "neo" in "neoliberalism" is about employing the logics of liberalism (liberal capitalism, I should say) into new spheres of life.

A good (re)source for this would be Foucault's Birth of Biopolitics lectures, which trace the shift from Liberalism to Neoliberalism. As well, there's excellent literature coming out of anthropology about neoliberalism at work in new spheres, in particular yoga, which is why I used it as my example here.

BeautifulMind , 1 year ago

Yes! For anyone wanting more reading on the subject, Start here prospect.org/…/neoliberalism-political-success-ec…Monbiot is also a good primer: astrid-online.it/…/monbiot_guardian_15_04_16.pdf