I know it’s been asked too much, but we’ve come a long way. Curious to see everything from the fullest trajectories/journeys to short wacky simples.
Why your instance, platform? What keeps you there? Are you a piefed PWA enjoyer? A traditional browser lemmy diehard? Do you refuse to use any front-end that isn’t blorpblorp or has some invaluable feature like tesseract/alexandrite? I think there are even a few who only mobile voyager or ??(whatever that other popular one is…apollo maybe?) Curious to know what future options lie on the near future’s horizon too
I admit I have trialed many but go back to plain browser more than not tho 😆
PS: I can’t remember if these posts in anyway get federated out to other platforms like mastodon or what not, but would still be interested in their respective answers too
Let’s see. Went with dbzer0 because I liked some things about them. Some things are weird but not disagreeable or offensive. I like how they’re mostly for freedom of speech and I feel they’re mostly like minded individuals. Just felt it was a good fit. Maybe not for everyone though.
I use Mlem on my phone and I just use the browser (Safari) on my computer. I’m a longtime Firefox user, but Firefox and Lemmy don’t get along well. Always runs like shit here; Safari doesn’t and I don’t hate it. It’s not like Edge on a Windows machine, which I couldn’t do.
I browse /all, sub to comms that interest me and block ones I never wanna see. Like it’s not personal, I browse /all to see what’s there but some stuff I just don’t wanna see. So I don’t.
Lastly, there’s my personal disengage policy. Not to be confused with dbzer0’s. Basically I don’t engage with vitriol, and if a conversation heads that way, depending on my mood, I’ll try to turn it back towards civility, or simply ignore. No block, no downvote, I just walk away and let them have the last word.
I love dbzer0! What particulars did you find weird? I strongly relate with your ‘nothing disagreeable and like-minded fit’ take.
I completely forgot Mlem but it’s been on the backlogs for a min. Sad to hear your FF struggles. I did have some extension struggles with lemmy so I fully concur your frustrations.
I greatly admire the disengage policy and see it as an authentic tool of liberation and community harmony. I can only applaud seeing it’s influence grow and branch out. I fully respect your original implementation of the policy as well. May I inquire what lead you to your adherence to it? Have you simply always had something similar and has it changed much since your initial conviction toward it?
No, no, dbzer0’s disengage policy is great, I’ve just never had cause to use it. I mean I have one of my own that I’ve had longer than I’ve been on Lemmy.
My original policy (which is just a personal policy that helps keep me sane online) was, if someone responds rudely, they get one chance if I feel like giving it, but beyond that I will stop engaging with them entirely. I don’t block, I just walk away. Usually they leave it alone at that. Some people will follow you, vote bomb you… that worked on Reddit. Not so much here where votes don’t matter as much. And I hide them entirely where I can. I don’t mean my disengage policy is in any way related to theirs. Just a similar name. Nothing more.
The only thing I really don’t fully agree with dbzer0 on is AI. I’m not 100% for it, but neither am I 100% against it. My wife is 100% against it. I have ChatGPT on my phone, and she doesn’t like that. She has Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram on her phone, and I don’t much like that. It’s not really a point of contention. She says “you have ChatGPT and AI steals from artists.” I say “you have Twitter and it’s run by Elon Musk and his AI generates CSAM.” She says “I was here before him” and that usually ends that. And it’s never really a sore spot. But I’m not 100% for AI. They are. I understand why and I can respect their position. And I would not disagree with them in a dbzer0 comm. Here on a Lemmy.world comm I will say my point of view, but as I am a member of their instance, I will not disparage theirs.
I’m in a very similar place with AI and Big Tech. I restrict my LLM use to ZdotAi. It seems much more sustainable and ethical in general. I’m consistently impressed with it’s performance too.
The big tech hooks are in deep for many, but I refuse to abandon hope