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This is effectively saying, “This article is correct but for the wrong reasons”. People aren’t angry about why hundreds of migrants dying isn’t newsworthy. They’re angry that it’s not newsworthy.

I’m frankly surprised that not enough people find it disgusting that the EU passively killing hundreds of refugees is less interesting because the EU does so regularly.

Hey! You can also post this to !beatles@sopuli.xyz if you fancy :)

Beatles

49 rapes by ONE cop. Never forget.

I want to say this makes me happy but who am I kidding, the Met’s obviously saying this to justify demanding more police funding.

What’s this?

Here you go: https://sopuli.xyz/search/q/Beatles/type/Communities/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1

Oh interesting! Last I checked Njalla was Bitcoin/Ethereum only but glad they accept XMR now. I run a 1984 VPS so can confirm that they accept XMR. I prefer them as they’re cheaper than Njalla (only a little bit still)

I stand corrected!

Nice

In terms of functionality, I’d love to have a search feature such that I can search for individual posts matching my search query. I don’t think we can do that currently.

Does the federated structure make this difficult/impossible though?

Does this only work from a browser, or can one do it via the apps e.g. Jerboa, as well?

Hey, I’d strongly recommend using njal.la or 1984.is to get a VPS and run your own instance from it. Both services are organisationally designed to fend off DMCA and other takedown notices. Like literally, the Njalla creator has a whole page where he mockingly replies to such requests.

Njalla is based in Sweden, 1984 in Iceland. Both accept anonymous crypto payments, but only 1984 accepts Monero.

More generally, I’d recommend these two services to anyone interested in running an instance catered to “risky” topics like piracy.

The basic mistake I see us all make is assume that Spez has any emotional attachment to Reddit (let alone anything close to how attached we are to it). He doesn’t.

Once you realize that he’s 100% in it for the money and is utterly uncaring about Reddit’s users (i.e. you), you’ll realize that he couldn’t give less of a shit about actually addressing our concerns.

This will also make you immune to any PR sanitising lies him and his team spout, as all such lies hinge on your willingness to give him some benefit of the doubt. We shouldn’t.

Half life 2 + Episodes One and Two, Portal, Civ 5. All fantastic games, completely unmonetized (except for the upfront price of course) and each with impeccable storylines (receipt Civ of course).

I just hope Valve make another game like HL2 or Portal sometime in the future. I’ll buy it without second thought.

What instance are you trying it on? lemmy.ml is very clogged at the moment. I’m using sopuli.xyz, its server has just been upgraded, and the owner is very quick to approve new users.

Created a Beatles community on this instance if you’d like to join it!

The West Coast of the US has some of the breathtaking places: Moro Rock, Mt Shasta, Sequoia National Park, Lassen National Park, just to name a few. If you ever visit the US, skip the fancy stuff and explore the nature!

WUPHF.com!!!

Hey I LOVE this idea! I had it myself but I can’t code for nuts, so glad to see someone else trying it out.

Question: how can we follow your progress? Are you thinking of creating a dedicated community/website to share updates? If one already exists then do let me know, I’d love to stay connected.

EDIT: As for copyright/concerns…if the goal is to preserve information, then maybe you have some way to pseudonymise usernames as part of the script. Or even remove usernames completely, as we’re focusing on the comments.

I prefer pseudonymising, as you can replace real usernames with fake ones, so that it’s still possibly to follow who’s replying to whom within the context of a comment thread.

slrpnk.net has some fantastic budding communities about living life more ecologically. Also some nice tech stuff – do give it a look!