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Okay, maybe I'm missing something? But it seems like the recent backlash upon our dev trying out caps upon our votes is just... WTF!? (piefed.social)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.social to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social
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IIRC, PF-dev Rimu recently explained exactly why he was trialing such limits in a recent software update post. I.e., to create a more efficient internal & external software / HW backbone, for us users, AFAIK. Based on network / host / server loads etc, as I read the updates.

But yeah... the amount of recent negative reaction so far upon that seems... weirdly outsized?
(like, WTF?)

Like-- who the heck comes here exhausted upon corporate social media, and expects a free, open-source community of devs not to tinker with the road-posts and such..?

Pardon my puzzlement here, but I'm a happy PF contributor, and love @PugJesus@piefed.social. Both the dev here and PJ are friends of a sort, and some people I will always try to support.

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[–] Snoopy@piefed.social -1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

That's a lot. How it is limiting your activities as you told us earlier ?

If you stop posting, that's just the choice you made, that's not due to the voting quota. You may claim it limit your activity because you disagree with this, but there is only yourself there.

[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 2 points 8 hours ago

That’s a lot. How it is limiting your activities as you told us earlier ?

I said, multiple times, that I hit the vote quota before it was even announced.

If you stop posting, that’s just the choice you made, that’s not due to the voting quota. You may claim it limit your activity because you disagree with this, but there is only yourself there.

"It only enshittifies one part of your experience! It's your fault if that makes your overall experience not worth it!"

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