overview for Guncle

Fuck ads at the gas pump in c/privacy@lemmy.ml

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 7 months ago

I hope you cover your license plate too lol

Lemmings, why do you think Lemmy is better than Reddit? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago

The top comment of this post would be some reposted for the 8000th time "inside joke" on reddit. For me, it didn't matter what the post was about, every comment section was the same. It was especially frustrating when the post itself encouraged conversation and the top comment would be completely off topic.

Is Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else? in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Mastodon uses the boost button as well. I think it’s similar to an upvote, it just kind of helps the post get more attention. Since kbin is a kind of hybrid of mastodon and Lemmy, it uses both the upvote/downvote buttons and boost button. I’m not sure if boosting Lemmy posts does anything though. I haven’t used kbin or mastodon very much so some of my info may be incorrect.

whats a game that you got significantly far into, only to realize you were doing something wrong or missing a key feature/ability altogether? in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

I think by default boost is circle (PlayStation) and B (xbox) and jump is x (PlayStation) and A (xbox). I believe roll/slide is mapped to square (PlayStation) and x (xbox). I changed boost to square/x and the roll button to l1/lb. I kept jump the same. It makes it much easier to jump/boost/roll/accelerate all at the same time.

I feel like we should federate with threads.net in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

I’m not sure your analogy about email services works here. Lemmy and Threads are not even close to being the same service as gmail or yahoo mail. It seems to me many people came to Lemmy to get away from companies like Meta though.

What streaming services do you pay for? in c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

If you’re a student you pay $5 a month for Spotify, plus you get Hulu with ads, and Shotime.

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Sky (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Guncle@sh.itjust.works to c/minischnauzers@sh.itjust.works

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My parents are going on an out of the country trip next week and I get to look after their Mini Schaunzer, Sky! She’s by far the smallest one I’ve ever seen, most likely due to her being the runt. But she’s got a very sweet personality, I’m looking forward to spending some time with her ❤️

Edit: sorry the picture uploaded sideways I'm not sure why, it looks upright in my photos.

Picking an instance in c/main@sh.itjust.works

[-] Guncle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

My main worry with smaller servers is that whoever is running them may lose interest and decide to shut down permanently. It does seem that the pros and cons tip in either direction as a server's population grows.

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Picking an instance (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Guncle@sh.itjust.works to c/main@sh.itjust.works

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After spending a few days learning about lemmy and other fediverse websites, I was curious about people's processes for picking a server that is right for them. I've seen most posts say to pick one that is not too big or small and that has similar interests as yourself. But if we are all mostly federated, doesn't it make the most sense to join the biggest or likeliest server to stay around and federated with the most other servers? Then you can just travel to the instances you share interests in. I chose this instance because you could just sign up and be in it, and that was all I needed to check things out. And although I found many communities in other instances, even if let's say all of my subscribed communities are on other instances, doesn't it make sense to just stay here so long as they are federated with sh.itjust.works? It may be too early to know for sure, but it seems like this instance is going to stick around for the foreseeable future, why risk joining the smaller instances that might not be here for long. Also, if you have subscribed communities in several instances, I assume you have to follow all the different server's rules. I'd be curious to hear other people's thoughts in regards to picking a home instance.

Edit: Are there any restrictions to interacting with communities on other instances?