picoblaanket

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[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is there a specific API call you'd like to make?

Maybe someone can reveal that method and endpoint.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This User Script called Fediverse Redirector auto-redirects all Community, Post, and User pages to your home instance. It works well.

  • Just click install on that page - it will be added to TamperMonkey (or similar).

  • Then click settings (under the script) and enter your home lemmy instance.

And to directly answer your question: the raw code is visible in that repo, so you could explore how the post redirect query was constructed.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Just pick one of the suggestions and start doing it.

There are a lot of great ideas in your other post.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes, this issue has been fixed and merged into 18.1 (the next lemmy version).

And as a temporary fix (until 18.1 releases) - if you click the “create post” button, then click the "back" button, the subscribe button should magically appear.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s true - Lemmy displays new comments above “top” comments, allowing them to be seen by everyone.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  1. To find new communities - go to https://lemmyverse.net/communities, click the top right "Home" icon and input your home instance (ex: lemmy.world)... now you can open/subscribe to every community you like.

  2. Get a good mobile app - they are listed here (with a ton of other great new-user tips): https://lemmy.ml/post/1470777

  3. Change your default "Sort Type" to "Subscribed + New" (in settings) - now you have a fresh feed of your exact interests, every time you open Lemmy.

  4. Communicate in a genuine, open-minded way - to me, Lemmy is a good place to really connect with people, and have honest discussions (versus the often more 'performative' tone of greeddit).

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah - the name was changed from Limbo to Liftoff, but they kept the same invite code.

It is the correct link though - that URL is identical to the invite URL in the newest Liftoff welcome post.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
  1. Go to the app store, and install the app called Test Flight.

  2. Then click this invite link (on your phone)

  3. Click 'Start Testing'

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I agree, there is a time for purposeful sarcasm.

To me, it requires two conditions:

  1. A person has already expressed their real perspective to a specific ‘opponent’, and

  2. That specific opponent cannot see the hole in their own logic.

This Norm MacDonald radio clip is a good example.

He explains his true perspective, and only switches to sarcasm for one sentence (at 5:25), to show the opponent how she is being goofy [and it works].

His foundation of sincerity gives context to the sarcasm.

Conversely - nowadays - a common ‘communication style’ is to just spray aimless sarcasm at distant or imaginary foes,

which (to me) reflects a deeper cultural issue...

a hiding behind mockery, a suppression of real constructive bravery,

just dunking on one-dimensional charicatures of strangers (who might not actually exist).

[So I agree with you - there are times for purposeful sarcasm.]

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is a very short story about sarcasm:

Ted opposes racist rants.

Yesterday - Ted posted a few exaggerated racist rants (sometimes with the /s).

2,177 people saw Ted’s racist rants.

  • 50% of them guessed he was joking.

  • 98% of them would not have seen a racist rant yesterday, if it weren’t for Ted's little gag.

So the question is:

Despite the sarcasm... isn’t Ted just spreading more of what he honestly deplores?

Is Ted subverting his own integrity?

Why not say how we actually feel?

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

“OP made it opt-in”

1 - It’s not opt-in "By User" though. It’s opt-in "By Community"...

So if one person turns it on, 1000’s of other people see it.

OP keeps saying “you can just toggle it off”... but I really can’t... when anyone can toggle it back on.

2 - Future options for toggling are not much better (bottom of the repo, To-Do section):

  • "if a moderator adds the haiku-bot, non-mod users cannot remove it"

  • only allow moderators to subscribe/unsubscribe

...so the toggle option wouldn’t apply to 99% of people anyway.


a few users were waiting for this (-OP)

Who was waiting for it? The top level replies in this thread are:

  • you, who wouldn’t use it
  • me, who doesn’t want it
  • Otome, who doesn’t like it

I think your bot rules are pretty solid though.

Overall, I just feel like... Lemmy is a fresh space...

a chance to make a new culture...

maybe it's best to leave that old bloated carcass behind.

[–] picoblaanket@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

1 - Yes - some bots are helpful, some (most) are annoying:

  • a Haiku bot falls into your "triggered by accident" category (any post that is 17 syllables).

  • a Haiku bot also does not add any new contextual information (it just duplicates a comment).

That's why I'm saying the haiku bot is junk.

2 - In this very post, when Otome said "I never liked the Haiku Bot"... OP responded "I’ve never liked them much either"...

so I'm asking OP: "why create a bot to spam lemmy with low-value duplicate content, if you don't even like that bot yourself?"

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