Maybe so! Always hard to say with the range of opinions I see on the internet these days

How did volunteers who run reddit’s for-profit business for them for free end up equated with landed gentry?

The fact is that technology advances and makes other technology obsolete,

Yeah, it happens on both sides, it’s an arms race. It will swing the other way eventually - it always has and always will

The second thing you’re not addressing is how long the “ebb and flow” takes anyway

That was intentional. There’s no estimating a timeline, but with the development of technology it’s not unreasonable to expect a reversal even in a decade. Anyway, if you’re trying to ward off doomerism you’re not going to do it by only looking at what you stand to gain

Looking at the world rn, I dont think things have a tendency to get better on their own

This is called a recency bias (I think lol) - you’re looking at the world rn and assuming its trends must continue. When you look at history you see that there are ebbs and flows, and that stasis is rare. If you focus on certain things, you may certainly decide we’re in a downtrend. There will always be an uptrend afterward. And vice versa

Yeah I’m not subscribing to a whole service just so I can watch 3/4 of my team’s games and no others. I want a service I can subscribe to and see all my team’s games, and preferably all the games in one league. If it was multi-league that would be great, but I’d rather subscribe to one league at a time than subscribe to all leagues with randomly blacked out games.

Until then - and I know it’s unlikely to ever happen - I won’t be spending money on watching sports on tv

I always call it Magic Math. There’s so much of it when you start learning about investing/trading. “Buying calls has infinite potential for gains. Selling calls has infinite potential for losses.” Like, yeah, that’s mathematically true. But at the end of the day it’s not practically true, you’re just putting a lot of weight on what you could be getting instead of what you are getting.

Yeah tbh I think people totally misunderstand algorithms. I mean, hot is driven by an algorithm, as are the other sort methods, too, albeit simple algorithms. What we really want to avoid are profit-driven and invasive algorithms. But algorithms to boost discoverability for small communities could be really beneficial

If you want neutral memes you can come over to !comedyheaven@lemmy.world

We’re for memes with humor that’s so bad it’s ironically funny. A bit niche but at least you get a break from politics

Probably due to the relatively small user base, it just isn’t as diverse as some websites. But, even reddit had the issue of the front page being flooded with political posts from one perspective. So as nice as it would be not to, lemmy is probably going to be the same way. It just might highlight a slightly different perspective from reddit

I’d recommend deciding what you’re looking for in a VPN, then using r/VPN’s comparison guide to find which one suits your wants.

Is this the best method? Idk, but it’s what I did and I’m pretty satisfied. I decided that the most important factors to me were port-forwarding, price, speed, leak protection, and encryption - basically in that order. Using that criteria I settled on AirVPN, and I have no complaints so far (one month in).

Some people care more about ethics, or ownership, or what have you. So what you think is the best VPN will depend on your needs. There’s no perfect VPN anymore, imo

Edit: As others have pointed out, some VPNs also come in optional packages. Ones such as Proton. That’s something else to consider if you’re in the market for stuff like antivirus or secure email

Glad you learned your lesson, you’re welcome

How you gonna complain about people not thinking this topic through then argue without understanding the basics of legal incorporation? Go with humility, my friend

I was the guy that originally posted the announcement to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world that hit the front page. Posted it from my lemmy.world account that I’ve since migrated from.

The guy you replied to has the same opinion as me. I shared it because I disagreed with the decision and thought that it deserved to be spread to inform others - and since it’s only mildly infuriating that seemed like the best community for it.

Everyone vocal on “your side” seem to have really limited world view and generally just bad attitude

It’s funny that you wrote this because I genuinely couldn’t tell which side you were talking about at first. When I made my post I was shocked by how many people who didn’t care about the community block felt the need to be dismissive, talk about overreaction, said that people were whining and should shut up, etc. Shocked because it was a big tonal assumption. I wasn’t whining or complaining, just discussing. And if we should shut up over a single post about it, how would we ever get the word out so that those who disagreed could leave. “Their side” seemed really bull-headed with bad attitudes to me. It felt like we were being told to just quietly leave without making any noise - but how would we know to if we didn’t make any posts or comments?

Anyway, this isn’t to accuse you or “your side” of actually being that way. More so it’s just highlighting how when we’re only dealing with text, it can be very easy to assume a certain tone, especially when it’s someone you disagree with. We could probably all benefit from questioning our assumptions a little more often. I know there are people on “my side” who get far too vehement about it. But overall, we just want freer access to information