The only two things formatting makdown consistently, for now, are Jerboa and the web interfaces.

I’ve been posting a lot of poetry using some markdown witchery to format, only to realize that some interfaces show all of the markdown even inside the post itself. Jerboa will show it in the summary tile before you click in, but it does format.

Cute—that’s a strong word. I’m not saying this pupper isn’t cute; I’m not saying it is, either, though.

You know, this is honestly terrible. Probably one of the worst I’ve seen in a while.

I love it!

I didn’t notice it until recently, but I whole-heartedly believe that Reddit was bad for my health.

I’m a Hurricanes fan, so I honestly have no idea who I want to win. On one hand, fuck the Panthers. On the other, I would kinda’ prefer to have lost to the team that won the cup—somehow that would sting less. Either way, I’m hoping for another entertaining game.

To be perfectly honest, Lemmy has had staggering growth regardless of the lack of media attention. And I’m not entirely certain that’s a bad thing.

Look at my home instance of lemmy.world, for example. When I joined pre-blackout, we had around 800 members. Now, two server upgrades later, we’re at nearly 18,000. If only a fraction of those newcomers stay, it’s still enough to jumpstart organic growth, even if it’s slow. And it gives us time to really develop.

Maybe that’s a glass-half-full outlook, but I’m optimistic.

Yeah, I can understand that frustration. I haven’t been on Reddit much at all leading up to the blackout, and not at all since it started, but I imagine there are more holes than there used to be. On the other hand, though, can you really blame them? Reddit is trying to monetize all of the organic human content there and refusing to listen to the people that help to organize and curate it. I think it’s reasonable to want to take that back given the circumstances. But you’re right in that it still doesn’t make it less inconvenient.

The number of times I accidentally wasted three or four hours reading hundreds and hundreds of comments is way higher than I’d care to admit.

You are heard! Lol.

Just hopping into the chain to say that I appreciate you and all of your hard work! This place—Lemmy in general, but specifically this instance—has been so welcoming and uplifting. Thank you!

I can easily see that becoming rather tiresome. Instead, if anything were to be done, what about a custom “flair” of some kind? Maybe a little golden lemming by the “link” buttons that rest above the post?

To be honest, though, I’m not sure if it needs it. I like the idea of promoting the app, though!

I don’t know. My best bet is that it’s a happy coincidence for them. It’s probably just an actual accidental outage, but it can be spun in a few different ways. Given their push for an IPO, I wouldn’t be surprised if this is an excuse for lower traffic numbers. “Hey, look, these guys all went to protest but there was an outage. Nothing correlates the numbers. Now that we’re back up on XYZ date, everything is returning to normal! It was no big deal!”

If it actually turns out to be something more nefarious, I can’t say I’d be surprised, but I sincerely hope that isn’t the case.

+1 for both MaliciousCompliance and restofthefucking owl. Loved those subs. restofthefuckingowl has given me hours of entertainment.

There’s also a Twitch stream linked at the top of the page. Join us in sitting around, watching, and chatting as the proverbial shit hits the fan!

You’ll have to find me again sometime to let me know how Mastodon works for you! I’ve considered it, but I was never really that big into social media, except for Reddit. Twitter was never appealing to me, so I guess I may have some bias there, but at the same time I’d like to get more involved with the fediverse as a whole.

Best of luck to you!

Honestly, I love pulling out any of the Lego games. Lego Star Wars and Lego Indiana Jones come to mind immediately as comfort games, as well.

I’ve seen several going indefinite, a few going a week or so, and the vast majority only committing to 48 hours. Even then, though, many of those are open to extending it.

I suppose we shall see.

Yeah! I’m still new to everything here, but nothing has yet broken to the point of un-usability. That’s more than I can say for the official Reddit app. Lol.

You’re telling me. Lol.

Fortunately for everyone, though, the most complicated part is getting started. It may be a barrier of entry for some, but just googling “join Lemmy” will get you where you need to be without much fuss. And as this community grows naturally, features and QoL improvements will come with it.

I wish I had more tech knowledge to contribute with, but maybe I’ll eventually get a poetry community rolling.

I think u/spez on reddit has done a phenomenal job helping to increase Lemmy’s appeal as of late. Maybe someone should give him a job?