Haunting_Tale_5150

joined 1 year ago
[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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I'm gonna be using this lil guy a lot

There used to be a very janky waterslides on a hilltop that closed down. The place was notorious for giving kids scrapes and bruises and other injuries for years, my parents were surprised it hadn't closed earlier.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hold on, I am not here to spread misinformation! Like I said before, I genuinely had no idea about the trend of Tiananmen square posts since I don't browse r/all. As for why I haven't retitled it yet...didn't know you could!

Also the 3 week old twitter post, I got from a discord friend.

This is why I don't use searxng as my daily driver! I'm too lazy to self host and they're always down.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Had no idea! Thanks for informing me. I will keep this post up because I think it is an interesting discussion to have

Doing that! But still would like an alternative for reddit.

I'm not a furry, I'm chill with furries, but I do wish there was more variety in the art style. A lot of it is human anime-esque with furry features or too mascot-y. I think I would be a furry if more of them were drawn like disney, looney toon, and other western cartoons. But not much is.

So even though I like cartoon animals, I can only consider myself maybe 5% furry at best.

 

Often times when duckduckgoing (is that the right term for that) advice for products, I use the !ddgr key to directly search reddit for advice. But in a post-blackout world, I need to do this a lot less. So I want to know what the best places are to get reviews and advice for products that are human and not top 10 listicals.

Safari allows you to install adblockers, there's multiple options too. Most vpns these days also come with adblock even if your browser doesn't allow it.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I used Narwhal most of the years I used reddit, it also had ads like the official app, but the difference is it ran so much smoother for many years! Main reason why I switched off it was slow development was causing it to become a bit buggy, not the ads.

[–] Haunting_Tale_5150@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It sadly doesn't have a linux version cause it's not foss. But according to the about firealpaca window, it primarily is coded in QT.

 

I see people talk about fediverse alternatives to the big names, but the social network I want to see have a fediverse equivalent the most would be nintendo wii u's Miiverse! Miiverse was a strange social network, where you could post images, chat, and even create doodles in. Instead of likes, or dislikes, there was "yeahs". Did not last past the wii u. While there have been miiverse alternatives in the years since, none of them quite caught traction, perhaps maybe a federated version could fix that?

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I was a bit sad about the API changes, but I kept official app around for uploading video/image posts since those hosted on reddit started to get more views than imgur/other host website ones. So I wouldn't have minded switching apps full time. What got me angry was Spez's mistreatment of the Apollo dev. I am absolutely not a fan of the Apollo app, but no one should be treated that way. Plus the realization that many websites that use reddit API that I use frequently will go away as well (such as saving videos, pushshift reddit search, and spotlistr). That's what got me initially away from reddit.

It was fine when there was three (some comments here say back when there was one...or two which I guess depends on joining point haha). But I personally found the balance between gold, silver, and platinum the sweet spot. Gold for really good posts, silver for posts that, while not as good as gold, were still pretty helpful/decent, platinum being the best of the three, where the post was so extraordinary it deserved more than gold.

When they added more rewards it removed the whole flow. All of them were the most worthless, cringworthy memes, and a lot of them were given out for literally free. To make things worse, they were often misused as well, there were a ton of posts marked with the cringe "wholesome" award that were very not wholesome because the users awarding didn't have any of the other free awards and couldn't pay.

Getting reddit gold beforehand was already having a perception of being "cringe" but I think the addition of the many "meme awards" only made things worse. I think it would have been better if a system was implemented where awards could have been voted upon to posts that truly deserved it or were considered "historic" in some way.

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I see a lot of posts about how they uploaded anti-spez stuff onto reddit, or participated in the nsfw spams/john oliver spams. While I get wanting to let it all out, this ultimately keeps up engagement on reddit rather than bringing it down.

The best way to make sure things go your way? Vote with your wallet, or in this case your voice. Don't speak on reddit. Devote more time helping out the alternatives grow and flourish. And as much as it is a meme, touching some grass can help your mental fortitude.

If you absolutely 100% need to interact with reddit, I suggest installing a redirector addon (such as privacy redirect or... redirector) that can link to a teddit or libreddit instance. Or archiving it with wayback/archive.is/ghostarchive.

 

Figured to crosspost this here too, since I think it could help reddit migrators get comfy (or for those who prefer the colorscheme I suppose).

I am working on an userstyle to bring the "old reddit" colorscheme to Kbin. This userstyle also has some optional quality of life features to make the layout more similar to old reddit as well. I suggest to check out the original post for more details if you're interested!

Also if anyone can figure out how to make the Kbin text on the top not white, that would help a lot! I will make sure to credit you.

 

I have no idea how to crosspost so forgive this wonky layout, but I am working on an userstyle to bring the "old reddit" colorscheme for Kbin. This userstyle also has some optional quality of life features to make the layout more similar to old reddit as well. I suggest to check out the original post for more details if you're interested!

Also if anyone can figure out how to make the Kbin text on the top not white, that would help a lot too.

Previews:

A magazine

Comments

Comment Boxes

Submit Page

 

Made mostly for fun, I highly suggest pairing with the kbin enhancement script and kbin slim for max immersion.

If you have any suggestions feel free to drop in the comments!

Userscript version coming soon...

Optional Styling included in the script:

Force remove pfps in comments

Even though there's an option to do so in Kbin, it never works for me, so I included a way to force remove pfps in comments.

Get rid of Margins

Gets rid of Kbin Margins to make the layout more compact like old reddit's. Shamelessly stolen from here

Previews (with default kbin):

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CHANGELOG

20230619.21.45

Changed colorscheme of comment boxes to make them more accurate to old Reddit + RES

Preview

20230619.22.08

Updated submit page colors

Preview

20230620.21.21

Made optional code clearer and added support for more instances.

20230621.01.33

Made optional code easier to implement.

Force remove pfps now removes them from userpages and the sidebar.

Sidebar

Userpage

20230621.01.41

Fixed up userpages without pfps

Added option to remove header images from accounts

 
 
 
 

I mean don't get me wrong, its cool a lot of subs have and still are participating in the blackout, but I think it wouldve been better to link a new home for the subreddits participating somewhere in the private message. Show spez, hey if you dont change, we aren't going to use your site (or use it less).

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