deacon

@deacon@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  In the very broadest sense I don’t disagree with you. Making a community private is a useful tool and can help to simplify strict entry guidelines.

  However, given that “Cater to a very specific group of people”, refers to basically half of earth’s population in this case, I do have some quibbles.

  I don’t have the data in front of me, but I bet that women represent something quite less than half the population of Lemmy. It doesn’t even stretch the imagination to suppose that they represent just a fraction of the user base.

  So this isn’t a niche interest or obscure sub-culture we’re talking about. This is an artificial minority population. Is the simplicity of going private worth the added obscurity and increased friction to what should be organic community growth?

  As it is, you had to see it, decide to engage with it, and then learn that it wasn’t meant for you, and you’d have just preferred to remain unaware it ever existed. Never mind that would also ensure most other People remain unaware it exists.

  Is it really such a hardship on you for the filter to be set a little wider for the good of that community?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you just described two things working almost exactly as designed.

  You should use block liberally to curate your feed.

  Similarly, communities should have whatever rules make sense for them. If that keeps the community small, that might be the desired outcome for them.

  I think blocking was the right call here.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fisk⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can only imagine what you have planned for the animal after all that. Snuggles probably, sicko.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨:'(⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Is there such a thing as feeling too seen?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why do smokers specifically seem to be disproportionally bad for littering?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was a smoker for about 20 years and quit in 2021 with Chantix.

  For all but the last maybe 5 years of that, I just had cigarette butts on my mental whitelist. I was an otherwise very litter-conscious person who just didn’t consider butts litter because…? I never reasoned it out, and was like I suddenly realized I was fucking littering and then I became hyper sensitive about it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨guys... :(⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know this won’t help but for what it’s worth those look delicious.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Mummy is a masterpiece⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Now kith

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Don’t Look Up director says ‘half a billion people’ have now seen film despite critics⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The unsubtlety of the metaphor is the metaphor though.

  I honestly think this will be a future classic if society survives long enough for such things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Ughh⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Morning”.

  Nice humblebrag

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨UUGGHHHH pick a lane !⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Came here to say this.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Achievement unlocked?⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve done it by accident more than once so it must be possible.