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bady , 10 months ago to fediverse in Regular posters, which communities are you currently focusing on?

I got started with !asklemmy, just 3 posts so far. I’d like to see askhistorians & askscience communities gaining more traction.

bady OP , 10 months ago to fediverse in How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move

Yes, but things can change. Stories of Mastodon and Lemmy are inspiring. When Reddit backslash happened, Lemmy was already there as a good alternative for people to switch to. So was the case of Mastodon with the Twitter exodus. It’s good that we’ve Pixelfed, it may be just a matter of time.

bady OP , 10 months ago to fediverse in How to Move Your Instagram Feed to Pixelfed, the Photo App That Doesn't Track Your Every Move

Stories feature is there. But I haven’t used it myself, so I can’t tell more about it.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

Lesson for next time, use the text part of your post to define what you are asking or are interested in hearing.

Right, I should’ve seen it coming. But as long as the discussions are healthy, instead of mudslinging, I’m kind of okay with it.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

True that.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

Oh yes, I’ve heard about this. Thanks for reminding.

Adding more details for others:

Founded in 2003 by then 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $10 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014. The company claimed that it had devised blood tests that required very small amounts of blood and that could be performed rapidly and accurately, all using compact automated devices which the company had developed. These claims were later proven to be false.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theranos

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

Surprising that no one noticed the double prime symbol for inches instead of the single prime symbol for feet. The scammer was like “well, I didn’t lie, you weren’t careful enough and it’s not my problem!”.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

Took a glimpse at the article and it seems they could’ve gone uncaught for longer if they were a little more careful with the dates!

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

You’re free to have your own opinions. But please note that your tone is not helpful and you may be just doing what exactly you’re speaking against. Let’s keep the discussions civil and healthy instead of labelling people.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

Yes, I’m looking for more specific cases.

bady OP , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are some notable scams in history that went unnoticed for so long?

I am an atheist and I believe the world would be much better without religions. Having said that, I don’t conisder it as a scam in itslef. Instead they must have been something evolved over the time due to our ignorance, fear and helplessness. The very same factors that still keep them going.

But hell yeah, people are exploited in the name of religion. I’m from India, one of the largest so called democracies, currently under the governance of a fascist hindutva party that thrives on polarizing people in the name of religion.

BTW I was actually looking for specific instances of scams carefully plotted by known people, companies or even countries instead of broad answers like religion.

bady , 10 months ago to asklemmy in How many of you were using Digg during its prime?

Thanks for sharing.

bady , 10 months ago to asklemmy in How many of you were using Digg during its prime?

Thanks. Power to the people.

bady , 10 months ago to asklemmy in How many of you were using Digg during its prime?

Sorry, I’ve been hearing about this for some time and I don’t know the story behind it. Can someone please explain the enshittification that happened with digg? How good was it before and how bad was it after?

bady , 10 months ago to asklemmy in What are your opinions on the other Reddit alternatives like Squabbles.io, Raddle, Tildes, etc?

Tildes is AGPL licensed Free Software. But yeah, the author has no plans to add federation support.