Lemmy does have the capability and some instances use it. I’m not exactly sure how it works.

Please report any rule breaking behaviour. We cannot see everything.

A default instance is not ideal, but adding a barrier to joining is counterproductive. If someone has an interest in a specific area, they should be directed to join programming.dev or slrpnk.net etc. If they want a general purpose instance, then they should just be assigned a default.

Personally, I started the signup multiple times because there are hundreds of servers and if you haven’t already used the platform it’s impossible to know what you need.

Anyway, more than promoting Lemmy as a platform, we should be promoting Lemmy content. Mostly it is publicly visible without an account, and if someone sees Lemmy links 5-10 times, they may start wondering what they are missing out on.

Mod: The context was unfortunate but it appears to be sincere and it is absolutely appropriate to post hotline information in a thread discussing a death by suicide.

I like it but I really think we spend too much time explaining the home instance. We should put a lot less emphasis on it because it’s stressful to people. Just invite them to join your home instance and they can change in the future if they want.

Really interesting - I never used something like this but certainly see the value

Here is your reminder that wolves are good for rivers.

I had no idea that you could make so much money by being a terrible doctor. I picked the wrong career.

Isn’t that what Facebook is already?

Good for them. There are some serious issues with current DEI policies, but too many places are folding to political pressure and throwing out the baby with the bathwater.

Also a good time to remember that 7% of homes in the USA are vacant right now.

How many people could we house if we tried a little harder?

Absolutely phenomenal. Great app, hosting, and development community.

It’s a good reason to start self hosting.

I’m in the USA, but I think they sell Ring and other video doorbells and security cameras in other countries, including Europe.

The “extra steps” are exactly what concerns me.

Look, I know that a lot of people find valuable community and information from platforms like Bluesky, Threads, etc. They are worlds better than the Nazi Bar that used to be Twitter. But the repeated lie that they are a part of the fediverse or that they benefit the fediverse or an open internet is cynical and misleading.

We live in a world where Mastodon exists, and is actually pretty good even though there is a learning curve to it. If we are volunteering efforts to promote a microblogging platform, I personally don’t think that it should be one backed by billionaires and built for profit. They have a budget for that. the Fediverse only has us. We are the marketing department.

I think it would be really interesting to see a Peertube instance (for example) create a paid tier with better quality uploads and analytics. Those cost money to maintain. The difference is that it would exist in a federated ecosystem where everyone would be able to benefit from that content.

Donation model would be completely viable if they actually allowed other people to run federated servers.

But it’s been a VC Trojan horse from the start.

Gee whiz wow who could have possibly seen this coming.

But people have been assuring me that it is a federated protocol, so I guess I’ll just join another instance. I’m sure there is a list somewhere… It’s coming… Any day now…

Also true. I use it in a business setting and it sort of doubles as a security camera. I would love to have the same functionality at home but it would have to be self hosted. Super creepy for a company to be watching my house

Having a Ring doorbell is a game changer. If you’ve never used one I understand the reticence.

I do think it will be standard thing in the future. It’s a basic quality of life improvement having a record of door interactions, being able to answer when you are away, even answering without going to the door. It’s easy to understand and appealing to most people.

It’s the lowest entry point into smart homes.

I’m not sure what kind of professional legal input they can afford. It’s big by fedi standards but the Patreon raises about 10k/year. Not exactly lawyer money.

I suspect that it’s a lot of guess work and maybe some help with drafting and filing here and there. I’ve never asked.