Bertha

joined 1 year ago
[–] Bertha@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I feel like it's because of really good writing. Walter is objectively a bad guy. He's committing crimes, he's making a dangerous and highly addictive drug, he's killing people, just because he's too proud to accept help from his former colleagues. But the writing is great, the acting is incredible, so we see Walter from his own perspective--as the hero of the story. Skylar's not appreciating him as a hero, she's upset with him for putting the family at risk. When Skylar reacts reasonably to Walt's behavior, it makes us mad because it makes Walt mad.

[–] Bertha@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

lol I was trying out the add-image button, clearly I got that wrong...

[–] Bertha@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ah, I see. I'm still figuring out the whole thread/magaziine/microblog thing, I was just excited I actually knew how to do something. :D

I've been working under the assumption that the user interface will get smoother over time, now that we've got a lot of people trying it out and providing feedback.

![How I picture Ernest receiving feedback right now](https://tenor.com/bKwsH.gif alt="thumbs up slowly sinking under the water")

[–] Bertha@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

You can also set your kbin bookmark to https://kbin.social/sub . That'll take you straight to your subscribed magazines.

 

Many years ago I made an account on Mewe (a Facebook alternative). I'm the only person I know on there, so the account basically gets ignored most of the time.

Last week my Mewe account suddenly started getting deluged with friend requests, always from men who are single or widowed and have little or no post history or connections. Obvious romance scammers trolling for bites. I've gotten over thirty of them, after years of no activity. I'm wondering if the timing is coincidental, or is this a sign of rats abandoning the sinking Reddit ship.

[–] Bertha@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe they're a hook for future features?

 

I think I saw this explained when I first created an account, but I can't find it now.

 

For anyone who's a podcast junkie like me, The Indicator mentioned the blackout yesterday: https://www.npr.org/2023/06/16/1182896830/r-boxes-r-reddit-r-airegs

No mention of the Reddit alternatives, it was very brief and mostly summed up with "we'll wait and see what happens."

[–] Bertha@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)