Anyone else getting these donation ads? Was it just shoved onto an update by the Lemmy devs, or is this coming from the instance admins? It doesn’t seem to show on clean browser sessions to lemmy.ca

  • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I am usually very ad-aversant because i don’t consent to being randomly pushed to feeling like i need a product.

    But this interests me, therefore I’m consent. Can you advertise piefed in a way that makes me want to change from lemmy?

    • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Can you advertise piefed in a way that makes me want to change from lemmy

      It’s completely interoperable with Lemmy (hence you seeing the comment you just replied to), but it’s not developed by tankies, it has better mod tools, better migration in the case a community or instance goes down, and it seems to be being developed at a more rapid pace.

      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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        2 months ago

        What app do you use with it?

        What got me hooked on lemmy was wefwef/voyager which is basically a reddit Apollo clone.

          • Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish
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            2 months ago

            I’m curious, as someone who’s mostly only looked from the outside, what “slants too much on the moderator side” means.

            • TheObviousSolution@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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              2 months ago

              I’m referring to transparency features being like seeing who’s downvoting and upvoting comments or easy and relevant access to the modlog and comments getting removed. Piefed little effort to making the modlog transparent and hides upvoting and downvoting completely (they basically had to make up a new concern for it, “voting privacy”, but its an excuse that allows for the manipulation of the voting system and lack of accountability for already pseudonymous accounts) while also implementing a reputation system that is asking to be gamed. It puts more responsibility and power onto mods, admins, and devs, and it’s the second one that’s going to be more frequently exercised over conversations.

              Basically, does it allow users to police themselves and the content they want to see, or does it give it to the people behind the curtains?

              • Blaze (he/him)@lemmy.zipEnglish
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                2 months ago

                they basically had to make up a new concern for it, “voting privacy”, but its an excuse that allows for the manipulation of the voting system and lack of accountability for already pseudonymous accounts

                The “private voting” system has been removed months ago. Nowadays Piefed user can either decide to federate their votes (which can then been seen by lemvotes or other tools) or keep them local

                • TheObviousSolution@lemmy.caOPEnglish
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                  2 months ago

                  Doesn’t matter, the philosophy is still there. I will never expect them to be as transparent as Mbin, who provides voting transparency thus proving that the whole concept of voting privacy is bust and a power play. There is no epidemic of people abusing voting transparency that the “voting privacy” advocates might have argued, never mind that it is also false sense of security when it is completely visible to the server instance admins.