• Melvin_Ferd@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      That’s because according to Valve law, when he dies the whole company cannot won’t be passed along to his successor

      • aCosmicWave@lemm.ee
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        14 days ago

        The official decree:

        “Hear ye, hear ye! It is hereby declared that the illustrious title of Most Qualified Employee, and with it the weighty responsibility of running this corpulent company, shall be passed down to the employee who rises to the occasion like a perfectly baked soufflé and demonstrates the most beefy credentials and chubby qualifications.

        To ensure a buttery-smooth transition, we shall evaluate each candidate’s credentials with a fine-tooth comb, weighing their skills and experience like a well-balanced scale. The chosen one must have a talent as rich as double cream, a work ethic as solid as a pound of cheddar, and leadership as commanding as a towering stack of pancakes.

        Let it be known that the path to this lofty (and hefty) position is no piece of cake. Candidates must show they’ve got the guts and gristle to handle the job, bringing more to the table than just a meaty resume. They must prove themselves in the frying pan of daily operations, sizzling with the kind of excellence that turns ordinary employees into seasoned pros.

        So gird your loins, flex your flab, and prepare to show that you’ve got the chops to take a bite out of the competition. The future of our portly powerhouse depends on it.”

  • MamboGator@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I used to visit a classic forum like this. One person really carried the conversation and then suddenly disappeared and the forum died. Still have no idea what happened to them. Hope they just got bored or preoccupied with life.

  • MasterNerd@lemm.ee
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    15 days ago

    Yeah I love Lemmy, but I feel like it’s being held up by a few different people. I comment and even occasionally post to try and help with that, but it’s kind of scary how much weight is on a few peoples’ shoulders, and that’s not even accounting for server owners and the devs

    • Jimbo@yiffit.net
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      15 days ago

      I like to think I make a difference with my inane bullshit, but K O L A N A K absolutely has me beat. Can’t even get top commenter on my small instance lol

    • MDKAOD@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      15 days ago

      I try to post content, but I’ve found that it’s certainly more clunky than submitting to reddit ever was. Share url to sync or jeroba isn’t as smoooooth as submitting to reddit through RIF. I wish there was an easier way on desktop which is where I do most of my surfing.

      • Cryophilia@lemmy.world
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        14 days ago

        Every time I submit something, it gets removed for not being in the proper community.

        Like dude, the proper community doesn’t exist and I don’t have the time to mod a community!

    • blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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      15 days ago

      That’s the way it is with every platform, you only have a comparatively small proportion of people who do a huge share of the posting.

      Reddit has the advantage of being absolutely massive that the power posters is also still a huge number. I’d imagine even the biggest of entire Lemmy instances is smaller than some of the major subreddits, which personally I’m fine with. This emmy instance isn’t some major corporation beholden to growing value for shareholders at all costs, but on the other end it still doesn’t mean the admins can do everything without monetary or labor support from us.

    • FlowerTree@pawb.social
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      15 days ago

      To be perfectly fair, this is also the case even with real life friend groups, where there are generally that one or two friends who hold the friendship the most.

    • Asidonhopo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      15 days ago

      The solution is to poach the best superusers from Reddit and get them to put their content here where it will be more appreciated.

  • iAvicenna@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    this thread made me realize lemmy is in more ways like the forums I used to frequent when I was younger (that is about 20 years ago fuck…)

  • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Let’s stop with the hero worshipping just because someone posts a lot. I saw Picard post a racist meme yesterday, heroes aren’t perfect.

        • Vytle@lemmy.world
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          15 days ago

          “Cultural apropration” is a nothing burger championed by people who often have no ties to the culture that they claim needs their protecting. A white man speaking for indigenous american culture does not give indigenous americans more of a voice, it takes their voice away by revoking their ability to speak for themselves.

          • Allero@lemmy.today
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            14 days ago

            There’s nothing wrong in speaking out for other groups for as long as it actually corresponds to the current needs of people inside the group, as defined by themselves.

            This is what being an ally is all about.

            But yes, one should better consult people on what they ask for in the first place.

            • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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              14 days ago

              I dunno mate, seems like I’m the only one in this thread who actually has a source from a native american. @Vytle@lemmy.world talks a big game about respecting native americans and elevating their voices, while denying the existence of the issues they care about and talking over them. Maybe Vtyle should try listening to the people they claim to represent instead of deciding what indigenous people think for them.

              • Vytle@lemmy.world
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                14 days ago

                You are grouping all indigenous people together by saying “denying the existence of issues they care about and talking over them” I emplore you, who is “they”? Are you implying that all native Americans hold the same beliefs? That they are the same people? I also never claimed to represent native Americans. I would never speak for a culture or peoples I don’t belong to.

                • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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                  14 days ago

                  No I’m not. You’re just inventing nonsense reasons to “no u” this conversation and justify racism. You’ve read the accounts from the affected communities, because I linked them. You’re just lying.

              • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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                13 days ago

                “Not being racist is racist!!!” I do not understand how the asshole in this thread got people agreeing with them. It makes no sense. They had no sources, no factual backing, all they did was complain about non issues and say antiracism is racist. I don’t get it.

  • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    15 days ago

    I don’t really know what drama caused it but when he stopped posting on c/risa@startrek.website it was a sad sad day.

    • MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz
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      15 days ago

      No it wasn’t.

      Go check out the first few posts on !tenforward@lemmy.world to learn why. Essentially the startrek instance admin was power tripping, instance got abandoned by the main moderators and content contributors to get away from that.

      • MindTraveller@lemmy.caEnglish
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        15 days ago

        The Ten Forward moderators are bigger assholes than anything I ever saw from the star trek people. Racist memes, defending the use of slurs. I don’t really pay attention to the community, but the clique in charge of it are toxic. Sounds like they were just projecting hard and looking for an excuse to set up their own private fiefdom

      • v_krishna@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        15 days ago

        I understand that but none of the replacements came close to matching the level of content and quality, risa used to always be popping in recent and I’ve not found any of the replacements (I subscribed to them all) to be anywhere near that. Not saying the action wasn’t warranted (it probably was) but still sad.