Revolt has apparently been renamed to Stoat after being sent a cease and desist for the name

Because I’m not allowed in the morgue anymore.

Is it “working splendidly?” They’re getting almost everything they want, so clearly it’s working for them.

Been using the premium version of the launcher for years, absolutely love it. Won’t use anything else at this point, I’m even starting to make my own full tile images

I did, it’s a buggy undercooked mess that doesn’t work half the time. The app that’s officially supported is missing half the features. Trying to get people to switch to it is like pulling teeth as the onboarding process in overly complicated for the average user.

Meanwhile Signal works right out of the box with very little fuss.

Sorry for the delayed, haven’t checked Lemmy in a bit. This is a topic I very much want other perspectives on.

It’s not distro specific, more so when I’m looking for help with specific issues that are often not distro specific. I don’t really post to ask, I look for solutions first and then ask after exhausting all other options.

Doesn’t really matter where I end up; some distro’s forum, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Lemmy, etc. I always end up finding dickheads telling the OP to learn how to use search or berating them for not understanding the issue enough to provide the exact information they want (yes, they can’t help without the right info but they don’t have to be dicks about it). Or they’re just super condescending when giving an answer. I tune them out and scroll past for the actual answers, but they’re there in a good chunk of posts I find.

I can see how it would be incredibly discouraging for someone making the leap for the first time. Tech communities often forget how little the average user knows about computers.

100% this. The Linux community seems very hostile to people trying to learn. The amount of times I’ve looked something up just to find a thread answered with “learn how to use search” or people just being outright mean to someone who is just figuring the basics out…

The year of the Linux desktop is never until the community gets its toxic shithead problem under control.

They’re the assistant manager, it’s literally their job to help manage the team. Don’t do stupid shit in front of management and you won’t get in shit, it’s not rocket science.

It’s a very quick way to end up in an echo chamber, Lemmy is a very niche platform. I try to keep up with Reddit, Lemmy and Mastodon. Not a huge amount better, but it’s a bit more variety than one tiny service.

The shit in these comments is why Lemmy is doomed to be a minor platform that will inevitably fizzle out.

Seriously people, there are other interests besides Linux and politics. If we bully out other interests from starting communities on Lemmy it’ll never grow out of obscurity… some may like that but I’d personally like to see it grow into something that can actually compete with Reddit.

I say this as someone who doesn’t like sports at all, but we have these magical things called filters for people like me!

I’m in the same boat, I’m not migrating again unless shit really goes downhill.

Lemmy gives the vibe of “it’s all or nothing, be ready to change at a moment’s notice if something iffy gets said”

Matrix needs more time in the oven before it’s ready for widespread adoption.

I really did try to make it work (for months) but it’s a buggy and unpolished experience, everyone that tried it with me ended up going back to Discord and Signal for communication.

Bla bla Arch bla the way, bla bla bla… Bla bla bla bla!

Element X is still missing a lot of features, “ready” is an exaggeration I feel

No Spaces support in particular is a dealbreaker for me

I absolutely adore this keyboard, I just wish they’d add a voice input button so I could use FUTO’s voice to text with it.

Matrix doesn’t offer disappearing messages (which I consider important for digital minimalism and cybersecurity.

I noticed this in the article and figured I’d throw my 2 cents in. This might be a spicy take, but I actually can’t stand apps that do this.

When I was in school I had someone harass me online with threats of violence (they spent a couple of hours insulting and threatening me) then lie to the staff that I was harassing them with even more extreme shit. The staff and other students all took their side until I logged in and showed the conversation. If the messages had disappeared I wouldn’t have been able to prove my innocence.

I very firmly want encrypted communications for privacy (I use Signal and Matrix), but I am quite wary of purging communications automatically. That said, it’s anyone’s right to use services that auto delete and my right not to.

I’m curious what other people’s take on this would be.