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Cake day: June 16th, 2023
  • GizmoLion@kbin.socialtoFediverse@kbin.social•"It's the content, stupid." - Quick Notes to Supercharge K.Bin
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    11 months ago

    Jesus H Christ… congrats on being the one millionth person on kbin to say “What are YOU doing?” while talking down their literal list of what they are doing.

    a-man-from-earth is right, Kbin is in a sorry state right now. I still get asked to login when I want to comment, despite being logged in, at which point it takes me to the home page. Viewing a reply to your comment is still not pagination-aware.

    Ernest has said this version of kbin is frozen until he rolls out the next, hopefully the end of September, so by his own admission Kbin as we know and use it is the same pile it was months ago. That said I remain hopeful that the next rollout will be a big improvement.

    Back to the topic, if the site isn’t easy and intuitive to use, or if it’s broken and remains a thorn for a long time, then you can’t expect people to go out of their way to do the thing you want them to do. That’s not how the world works.

    a-man-from-earth has submitted bug fixes to try and improve the site so people might be more willing to stick around and post themselves, while you’re just posting content that’ll eventually become irrelevant. What are YOU doing? (See? It’s asinine right?)

  • GizmoLion@kbin.socialtoLinux@lemmy.ml•Patch submitted to the Linux kernel by a 4 year old.
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    1 year ago

    Why not be the change you wish to see, then? Fork it, and surely they will come.

    That or Linus’ work is of high enough quality that people are willing to put up with his crass behavior.

    Also, somewhat unrelated, but comparing Linus to Elon is a nonstarter. Elon has money, but contributes little more than ego past that. Linus, on the other hand, actually gets his hands dirty. I don’t care for his behavior, but I do respect someone who actually does the work.

  • GizmoLion@kbin.socialtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Be wary my friends, for we are on the path to glory
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    1 year ago

    If you think using big words and calling people childish names is making a coherent argument then there’s really nothing to be done here…

    I didn’t say I didn’t want to contribute willingly, I said I didn’t want to spend my time engaging trolls and unsavory individuals. I’d rather they fade into obscurity and get on about my day.

    Go ahead and reread it if you need proof, it’s all up there.

  • GizmoLion@kbin.socialtoMemes@lemmy.ml•Be wary my friends, for we are on the path to glory
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    1 year ago

    Bruh I’m just trying to scroll through interesting posts and interact with people worth having a discussion with. If you get off putting people in their place all day then feel free to sort by lowest score or whatever mechanism eventually appears.

    If you want to change someone’s mind you aren’t going to do it by putting them on the spot and belittling them for it. That just backs a person into the corner and makes them double down. The whole “I’d rather be Russian than Democrat” is perfect example of this.

    If you want to make them change their ways then just ignore their desperate pleas for attention. Kids don’t earn the right to sit at the grown up table by acting like kids, but eventually they mature and learn nuance and that earns them a seat.