Otherbarry

@Otherbarry@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to switch instances without making a new account?⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  To view blocked instances if you’re browsing Lemmy on the desktop website go to lemmy.world/instances and click the “Blocked Instances” tab.

  Unfortunately there no standard way to view blocked communities, I’m not sure if lemmy.world admins maintain a list somewhere.

  I’ll add that the blocked stuff is good/bad depending on your point of view. e.g. some instances (including lemmy.world) participate in Fediseer which helps determine spammy intances to potentially block and keep spam out. That sort of blocking is okay, the other types of blocking I’m not too onboard with but that’s just IMO.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is it possible to switch instances without making a new account?⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Sometimes the instance you are on will block communities or other instances that you may still want to be able to see/browse.

  For example you’re on lemmy.world so all your blocked instances are listed at lemmy.world/instances

  In addition lemmy.world admins also block entire communities e.g. blocking all piracy related communities is a big one there lemmy.world/post/13320356

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When Lemmy got named did no one think that the "lemming" association might alienate people?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  That has never crossed my mind, I’m thinking heavy metal when I think about Lemmy Kilmister / Lemmy.

  But I do think lemmings are cute, and that old video game was awesome, so it all sort of works for me :D

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's the Standard Operating Procedure for if someone steals your phone while you were using it and its unlocked?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  If you weren’t already prepared (see other comments) then assume every credit/debit card you had saved in your Google Wallet/Apple Pay has been stolen - That’s one reason people snatch phones while unlocked and try to keep it unlocked.

  Also assume any payment apps you have installed are now compromised e.g. Venmo and similar - that’s another reason people steal unlocked phones and try to keep it unlocked.

  The above assumes you did not have any additional passwords/locking in the apps themselves beyond the phone’s screen unlock - I purposely

  You may be able to remote lock the phone after the fact if you get to a computer or a someone you know with a phone on them to get online and initiate a remote lock.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When would it make sense for someone to get a domain name?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If you’re self hosting services on your own network it’s often easier to use a domain rather than have to keep up with home IP address changes. Same if you need to set up some sort of remote access into your network.

  Also useful for email, you’ll have infinite amount of email addresses you can use on your own domain. Plus if you ever need to migrate to another email provider you simply point your domain to your new email provider, you never lose your email address this way.

  There is also social media that you can use your own domain to show you own your account. e.g. seems to be common at Bluesky.