I would say it’s one of the first, but not THE first. Lemmy.world is definitely the most popular instance (to a problematic degree).

But I don’t think expressing one’s love of Spongebob inherently “excludes” anyone from using Lemmy. I don’t think the Lemmy devs have any duty to anyone but themselves. And any interest they have in user adoption is for their own reasons.

Nothing would stop someone from forking Lemmy and making an alternative with different ideologies. I assume the license would ask them to use a different name to not cause confusion, and I would hope that they don’t break ActivityPub or federation compatibility with existing Lemmy instances. But at that point, what’s the difference between a fork for ideological reasons…and just spinning up your own instance?

If you don’t like SpongeBob, pick a different instance, that’s federation.

To me this is like having a problem with the flags someone else has in their yard. Not your yard, not your flags. You’re free to not like their flags, but if your grievance is with the action of them peacefully demonstrating free speech, that’s a you problem.

Sure, maybe that guy also happens to work at the flag factory down the street. Probably explains why he has so many flags. Doesn’t mean he’s going to make you put the same flags he likes in your yard.

Edit: for the record, I’m not downvoting you, I think you’ve been very reasonable in this discussion

You’re just restating what OP said. I refer you to my original post.

If they’ve been trained to immediately recoil at the word “communism”, and don’t understand how federated moderation works, then yes, it’ll probably scare away a good number of users. But on the flip side it’s not a for-profit business trying to hook DAU using predatory and emotionally exploitative patterns, so who cares about first impressions? The people who use Lemmy know why they’re using it.

If you have an email address, you’re already used to the federated service pattern. When you sign up for a gmail, you’re making an account with Google to be able to send emails to anyone else with an email address. And there’s nothing stopping Google from making you fill out a “sketchy” application to get an account.

On Lemmy, each instance has its own set of rules, and if you don’t like them, you just make an account on a different instance.

As far as censorship, each “community” (analog to subreddit) lives on a certain instance and the rules of that instance apply.

Edit: also on the topic of communism, however you feel about communism in the physical world is irrelevant when it comes to the digital world. Free and Open Source Software makes the world go 'round, and is often communist in nature, even if done unintentionally. The pattern of people developing software for their own purposes, and then sharing it freely with others is the purest form of “From each according to their ability, to each according to their need.” That said, running an instance isn’t free, so make sure to kick your instance a few bucks if you appreciate their work.

Let’s Encrypt is good practice, but IMO if you’re just serving the same static webpage to all users, it doesn’t really matter.

Given that it’s a tiny raspi, I’d recommend reducing the overhead that WordPress brings and just statically serve a directory with your site. Whether that means using wp static site options, or moving away from wp entirely is up to you.

The worst case scenario would be someone finding a vulnerability in the services that are publicly exposed (Apache), getting persistence on the device, and using that to pivot to other devices on your network. If possible, you may consider putting it in a routing DMZ. Make sure that the pi can only see the internet and whatever device you plan to maintain it with. That way even if someone somehow owns it completely, they won’t be able to find any other devices to hack.

Lol that’s actually hilarious. So but, why not comment on your posts too? Each post is just sitting there with an empty comments section.

There was a time when there was an annual “Linux Sucks” presentation that I liked because it was a roundup of candid, yet constructive criticism of Linux (and then at some point the person running that went off the deep end and started yelling about woke agendas).

I wouldn’t mind there being a whole community devoted to pointing out shit that is poorly designed or just broken when running linux, and we as a community then try to fix them or find workarounds.

But as others have pointed out, that community isn’t a community, it’s literally just one account hanging out by themselves.

As someone who found out it’s origin by casually using it in reference to my asian buddy’s PC, I’m here to let you know it’s not.

If you keep picking a single replacement for the big corporation that conveniently carries everything, you’re just following Southpark’s wal-mart pattern. Take two extra seconds and see if you can buy the product directly from the manufacturer’s website, some other niche/specialty retail site, or from a brick & mortar store down the street.

I think their point was that it’s just never gonna run on a phone that came out in 2009.

Yes, I highly recommend not relying on alpha software ever as your daily driver. I never give my photo viewing software write permissions on my images, so there’s never any risk of losing data. And yeah, I’m not directing anyone outside my household to it, so I currently don’t need to worry about servicing a bunch of users.

The app/webapp mismatch issue has been more annoying that I think it needs to be. I understand the need to make security updates, but breaking compatibility this often is unusual.

But again, my point is, the money you give them is a donation. If you don’t want to donate, then don’t. There should not be any incentive to get you to donate, besides seeing the project continue.

Another arm in the arms race. The next gen of face generation will have this mastered.

I don’t follow the argument you’re trying to make. Immich is fast and simple which fits my requirements where others don’t. If you know of a better alternative, I’m all ears.

Things we didn’t think we’d have to tell people in the future.

Should I not be able to use the software if I’m donating?

You should be able to use it fully regardless of whether you’re donating.

I’m not going to pay for the mere possibility of it being useful at some undetermined point in the future.

That’s fine, by definition, a donation means you’re not paying for anything.

Immich has demonstrated it has no intention of ever becoming a useful project

I take it you haven’t been in the self-hosted photo space long. Even despite their alpha status and frequent breaking of backwards compatibility, it’s still the best experience I’ve had (comparing to Plex, Nextcloud, and Photoprism). But if you can find something better, I’m all ears.

What I don’t get is what would compel me to get a license.

Ideally nothing. Maybe a sticker or a theme, but nothing important to the function of the tool. If the personal gratification that comes with offering financial support to a FOSS project (along with the resulting product itself) isn’t enough, then this “license” (or whatever they end up calling it) isn’t for you…ideally.

If they removed it from the preface and pasted it at the beginning of every paragraph throughout the entire document, a certain type of person would still be focused on the one place they removed it from. Those are not serious people and should not be taken seriously.

I’ll find a way.

Do I teleport in during the day above ground? Then I’m definitely going to fall to my death.