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mrmanager , 23 days ago

It’s what we all loved about the internet I think, before the web become… “that” (looking at the pile of shit the web has become).

But actually it’s not the web, not really. It’s the big tech platforms that most people seem to think is the internet now. It’s sad to watch how people log on to “Facebook” and not the general web anymore. And then Google in front of everything, like a big cancer growth.

Lemmy is not the new internet either I believe. But it’s here to show people that something else can exist. As soon as we let advertising in here though, it’s over.

mrmanager , 23 days ago

You can rent an instance for like 10 dollars per month and grow from there. Then expand if you get users and things get slow. Lemmy runs ok on 4 GB of memory but it’s better with 8 GB. Postgres use the most.

mrmanager , 23 days ago

What you can do is install wireguard server at home and then set your phone to use that wireguard connection always. That’s what I do and then my pihole at home filters all my mobile traffic as well.

mrmanager , 23 days ago

I’m not sure about that. What if advertising were used to cover server costs, just like donations right now? Then the community may be fine with it.

But I think it’s very dangerous to go down that route. Because it’s going to become about higher profits, not just covering costs, in the long run.

mrmanager , 23 days ago

I need a list of which ones don’t allow assholes to enter. :)

mrmanager , 1 month ago

Oh shit, uneasy feelings for managers… :)

Clearly a national emergency.

mrmanager , 1 month ago

I think eventually, some people will be OK with paying 5 dollars per month for a YouTube competitor that is better than the original. Much like Kagi is doing for search engines. It won’t be for the majority since they still expect free stuff and no ads, which doesn’t work.

mrmanager , 2 months ago

This is like asking the burglar to investigate his own crime in a way, isn’t it?

I don’t know what happened with the virus of course, but trusting what US intelligence agencies are saying, isn’t that a bit gullible?

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Lol :)

mrmanager , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

Yeah I didnt see this until now. Thanks!

There has been a huge wave of spam accounts recently, and I recognize some of the names on this list. Of course these accounts gets banned quickly.

Getting a fake email address is really easy, so I don’t think it makes any difference whatsoever. On fastmail which im using, I can even create fake ones with a click on a button. It’s built into the service to have different emails for different sites.

Having closed signups will not stop any spam accounts. It just adds a delay between registration and being able to log in. There is no way to know if it’s a spam account or not before they sign in. Of course, some of the names in the list makes it obvious, but they just change to ordinary sounding names then.

I think it’s frustrating for new users to have to wait for a random time period to get accepted, specially when it serves no purpose. I’m not going to be any wiser if I approve the registration now or 12 hours later.

Or am I wrong? I haven’t been a troll myself but seems like I would just spend 30 mins to make accounts in random instances and then fire off my bot a few hours later or on the day after.

How do you know which accounts are spam accounts before they even started posting?

If the spammers and trolls manage to make you defederate from Lemmy.today, they will pick another instance. And every defederation will continue to make the fediverse smaller and more centralized. Sooner or later, small instances may even stop accepting new users for fear of being defederated from the larger network.

I would like to stop having these spam accounts and trolls on the instance. I could add email verification but it won’t make a difference and just make it more annoying for new users. I really don’t want to punish them for what trolls and spammers are doing.

But sure, I prefer it to defederation. So if you think it makes a difference, I could add it just as a sign of good faith. But it’s really a pointless gesture.

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Yeah it makes sense. After reading all the arguments here, I guess if it helps to slow down spammers, it’s a good idea. Let’s do it. :)

I will enable it tomorrow and I would be very grateful for some extra admin help. I will contact you tomorrow. :)

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Thank you, it does make sense. We will enable it tomorrow. This thread changed my mind. :)

mrmanager , 2 months ago

In all for trying it. Will enable it tomorrow then. Thanks!

mrmanager , 2 months ago

I’ve been there a few times, but will log in more and catch up. :)

mrmanager , 2 months ago

The world is not McDonald’s though. But yes, there is a trend towards sterile clean environments with muted colors.

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Humanity slowly goes insane… :)

mrmanager , 2 months ago (edited 2 months ago)

I’m wondering about her reason for not using one too. What is the advantage?

She thinks the web can’t exist without ads? It can, because it did once.

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Go back to windows is not an option, it’s a really horrible system. I dont see how people can use it without blowing their brains out.

mrmanager , 2 months ago

Just another reason to not have a YouTube account. If you use Newpipe, you can subscribe to feeds anyway without any YouTube account.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

It’s true, but with Russia or China in charge, it would be even worse.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

It’s what I expect from these kind of people. Everyone in leadership is there for power, and they are all surrounded by others who benefit from them being in power. Almost all of them are not good people with good hearts.

Humble people with good hearts don’t seek these positions in life. So the conclusion must be that humanity will always be under these kind of leaders.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

I hope there is eternal hell for people like Putin. Few deserve it like he does.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

Sweden is pretty much destroyed by globalists already.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

Tesla will be unable to compete with other cars soon. I would not buy the stock, except for short term bounce.

mrmanager , 4 months ago

This is fantastic. Great news!

mrmanager , 4 months ago

He has a great mix of humor and serious discussions about important topics. He calls out guests for avoiding answering difficult questions etc.

I cant even express it very well, but the man is a legend. One of a kind.

mrmanager , 5 months ago

FreeTube does and also Newpipe.

mrmanager , 6 months ago

Judging from reviews, people are avoiding VW now because of really shitty infotainment systems…

mrmanager , 8 months ago

But hey, richest company in the world need to eat ok?

/s

mrmanager , 8 months ago

Any big tech company will both take your money and spy on your activities.

mrmanager , 8 months ago

Why are these companies the worst? It’s a honest question since I actually don’t know much about them.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

The guy actually never had a good personality even. They had to train him for TV evening shows to even make it work…

mrmanager OP , 10 months ago

Seems to be missing almost all instances?

mrmanager , 10 months ago

I’m never closing mine as long as it has active users. Please come if it’s a good location for you - western USA. Performance and uptime is really good but you will have some network latency if you are on the other side of the world.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

:) Haha, I have had so many bad experiences with shitty managers so it’s kind of a joke alias.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

It’s very nice, and thanks for including all instances. We are supposed to be a network of Lemmy instances working together. This site highlights that idea so thank you.

If I could offer an improvement idea, it would be to first show instances that are down in it’s own group, and then every other instance exactly as it’s done now, in alphabetical order.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

I need to go to rehab, clearly.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

Im the instance owner of lemmy.today. I contacted fortinet about this and will share their response when it comes.

The instance is running latest version of the default lemmy software on a rented server by Hetzner, so Im very curious what they say about this. There is nothing else on it. :)

mrmanager , 10 months ago

Could be but there was a button at the top of the scanning site where I could push to make a fresh scan. And still it shows up as phishing.

Very mysterious but it will be interesting to find out why…

mrmanager , 10 months ago

I’m glad LW is hosted there too, it’s a good service and really good customer service as well.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

Well everyone else is extreamly overpriced. I work with cloud environments as part of my job, and its silly the amount of money being spent on AWS.

“Pay for what you use” is more like “pay us for every little thing that would be free if you owned the server”.

mrmanager OP , 10 months ago

Micro$oft, as we used to say in the old times…

mrmanager OP , 10 months ago

Yeah I don’t know if someone posted it on reddit, could help I guess.

mrmanager , 10 months ago

Kagi is really, really good.