Auster

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[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 5 points 9 hours ago

To the OP:
Personally, if I want to post something, I search for communities that sound like good fits, then go by elimination if I find multiple.
But with as broad of a suggestion that it is, I second Skavau's question. Could you give an example of what you'd like to post so we can give some ideas?

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 7 points 14 hours ago

Makes me wonder if it's specific softwares that are pulling the statistics downward, or in general. Also the last 6 months seem rather stable on the graph.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 8 points 1 day ago

Reading the article, it's so many conditions to be uninstallable I fear even Bill Gates himself couldn't.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 1 day ago

On the question: throw a dice and hope you don't piss off too many people :v

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 10 points 1 day ago

shaws menacingly

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sorry, forgot it was a bit of an underground thing.

Anyways, pretty good drawing!

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 3 points 1 day ago (4 children)

cryptid intensifies

 

Someone on r/PSVita was asking for it. Can't post there so at least sharing here.

Full size

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'd imagine they're only getting rarer. Also maybe they could be of use to dump the ROM and saves too.

Let's hope you don't need to, but I'd selling them only if you're desperate for money.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I made the community pretty open-ended, so I guess both count.

Also, on using alternatives being a type of deshittification, I'd say even that with competition around, the original or more prevalent tool needs to seek ways to be better as to not lose market share.

Edit: added a third question to the description, so I think it should be clearer

 

!deshittification@thebrainbin.org

Made it because reversal should still be possible, and although there's !enshitification@slrpnk.net, other than its "positive monday" rule, the deshittification aspect isn't covered by their rules/guidelines (nothing against their community, though).

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 2 days ago

[With an overly high-pitched voice] A scratch? Your arm's off!

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 23 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In the repost on the Chile community, also saw one or other comment about Lemmy being toxic. I do notice a certain "toxicity", though from certain corners and which seems to stems more often from what I call "misery posting", which would be posts whose main focus seems to be to make the given topic appear like a lost cause to the reader (even some "meme" communities seem to fall on this).

Since some communities seem specially prone for such posts, I second blocking those as you notice the patterns to try to make your feed healthier, and to hopefully make such places shrink into a healthier size. Or at least, if you got the patience and resistance to mass downvoting and mobbing, to post in those communities and within their rules what to you is positive. Alternatively/Parallel to that, one could make sure to react accordingly to posts, instead of uninterestedly hide everything in feed as the user scrolls.

Otherwise, a given environment shrinking or tanking in growth could also mean people that use it are growing apathetic or anomic to popularizing it, to which I repeat my suggestion in the Chile community, change starts by small steps. So for example, if someone is on a platform compatible by extension but without an ActivityPub bridge or function active (e.g. Threads and Bluesky), to explain to them they could activate it, and e.g. Fedi Brdigy is working on Lemmy compatibility, so more potential users going around. Also, if you see a funny meme or the sort, you could share the link, provided it has a decent blurb preview on the platform to be sent.

Also spikes happen anywhere when competing platforms have issues, so current retention might just be its natural one.

And even on a Lemmy account I have (thus little noise from microblogging) and while highly curating my feeds there, the amount of posts is almost too much for me to be able to go through. So by observation, the "threadiverse" as a whole seems rather healthy in numbers.

[–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 2 points 3 days ago

También las estatíscas solo van crecer creando contenidos para la red y compartindo con personas de fuera de acá. No sé como está el ActivityPub en completo, pero si también lo disminue la cuantidad de usuários activos, esta que sé es la mejor forma de hacer con que tengamos más usuários.

Otra forma potencialmente buena es hacer popular puentes. Fedi Bridgy ya mencionado, Wafrn y Friendica hacen puentes a AT Protocol (Bluesky). Minds.com comunicase a algún protocolo similar a AT Protocol, Threads comunicase con ActivityPub si activa la integración en una configuración escondida (tutorial si quieres mostrar a otros), y hán motores de sítions con extensiones para compatibilidad con ActivityPub, como Wordpress.

 

Source (rafvicalv.com)

alt textRam is not made with the best materials

 

Source (Bluesky)

alt textDeogie, kicking his legs in sleep Uncle: HOW COME YOU ALWAYS RUN IN YOUR SLEEP Deogie: I NEVER RUN Inside Deogie's dream Ninjas: YOU'RE SURROUNDED DEOGIE! Deogie rapid fire kicks ninjas: ATATATAT ATATATAT ATATATATAT

 

Source (qwantz.com)

alt textanyway bottom line is i do NOT have experience with successfully getting away with charismatic high-profile heists, so let's all look into someone else before even CONSIDERING me

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divergence (media.thebrainbin.org)
 

As I open articles in batch and either randomly or semi-randomly, I don't get to see where an article is coming from until it loads in the browser. But when it does, chances are the article's hidden somewhere, and the search function only finds the article, not its feed (unless you name the feed as its link).

That would be a problem as then if you find an article whose feed you no longer want, you get reminded to remove it, but have no easy way to track it down. Or, tangential to that and the main reason I sought a solution, Mbin feeds if malformed but still recognizable as RSS feeds become the feed for the landing page, meaning spam of a bunch of communities I want nothing with. 💩

And since some versions ago, a solution indeed came for Newsboat, where it added the article-feed function which when used within an opened article, takes you to its source feed, allowing you to get its link and remove it with your text editor of choice. And it can be tied in Newsboat's config to an internal macro or as a menu option.

Worst part was having to compile the program, but nothing out of this world and at least it works fine when not installed to the system (best option since I couldn't make a decent AppImage out of it).

 

Crossposted from https://thebrainbin.org/m/drm@lemmy.dbzer0.com/t/1316674

From their Digital Rights Management page (link):

Effective January 20, 2026, verified purchasers can download the EPUB and PDF files of your confirmed DRM-free books.

Also lower in the same page:

Change DRM settings

You have full control over your DRM settings and can change them at any time. Your DRM setting affects future download availability for all customers, regardless of when they purchased your book. After you select not to apply DRM, any verified purchaser will be able to download EPUB and PDF files effective January 20, 2026. If you later apply DRM, no new downloads in EPUB or PDF format will be available. However, readers who already downloaded EPUB or PDF files will retain access to them.

And this applies to older releases too, as per the paragraph and steps immediately after.

And where to download the files, from the bottom of the page:

Reader download access

Effective January 20, 2026, readers can download EPUB and PDF files of your DRM-free books from their Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon. Only verified purchasers who have bought your book can access the EPUB/PDF files. Customers who borrowed your books through Kindle Unlimited or other services can't download the EPUB/PDF files, even if the books are DRM-free.

If readers downloaded EPUB/PDF files when your book was DRM-free, they will retain access to those downloaded EPUB/PDF files even if you later apply DRM. However, the option to download EPUB/PDF files will not be available after your DRM setting change is live (approx. 24-72 hours after you publish).

And lastly, found about it after finding a news piece on that (link of the news).

 

From their Digital Rights Management page (link):

Effective January 20, 2026, verified purchasers can download the EPUB and PDF files of your confirmed DRM-free books.

Also lower in the same page:

Change DRM settings

You have full control over your DRM settings and can change them at any time. Your DRM setting affects future download availability for all customers, regardless of when they purchased your book. After you select not to apply DRM, any verified purchaser will be able to download EPUB and PDF files effective January 20, 2026. If you later apply DRM, no new downloads in EPUB or PDF format will be available. However, readers who already downloaded EPUB or PDF files will retain access to them.

And this applies to older releases too, as per the paragraph and steps immediately after.

And where to download the files, from the bottom of the page:

Reader download access

Effective January 20, 2026, readers can download EPUB and PDF files of your DRM-free books from their Manage Your Content and Devices page on Amazon. Only verified purchasers who have bought your book can access the EPUB/PDF files. Customers who borrowed your books through Kindle Unlimited or other services can't download the EPUB/PDF files, even if the books are DRM-free.

If readers downloaded EPUB/PDF files when your book was DRM-free, they will retain access to those downloaded EPUB/PDF files even if you later apply DRM. However, the option to download EPUB/PDF files will not be available after your DRM setting change is live (approx. 24-72 hours after you publish).

And lastly, found about it after finding a news piece on that (link of the news).

 

Needed to find some super old DMs, iirc before even the pandemic, and was greeted with this beautiful message. Luckily the DMs aren't absolutely necessary for what I need, just would make things much easier.

Didn't confirm anything so not going to bother, but I wonder if this type of thing could be challenged through my country's consumer protection laws.

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