Libb

I don't think I would try to prove anything, why would I want people to know that I'm from the future? but if for some reason I had to prove it, it would depend a lot, like a lot, of the place I'm in. What country and what type of population? I've discovered at a very early age I had an allergy to angry crowds and their willingness to lynch whatever they hate and fear (if there was ever a difference?).

not at all.

• Browser: Waterfox (UK). Vivaldi (to have a chrome-based one).
• Cloud: filen.io (German, e2ee) and infomaniak Kdrive (Swiss, not e2ee)
• Online office suite: Infomaniak Kdrive (they offer a version of MSOffice online)
• Offline office suite: TextMaker & PlanMaker, from softmaker.com. Not FLOSS but excellent compatibility with Word/Docx, available for Linux as well (something I would love to see more non-free companies do so I happily support those who do ;) and it's offered as a sub or as a perpetual license.
• Email: my own domain + Proton and tuta.
• Phone: iPhone that I seldom use beside what I truly need which is the occasional phone call, banking apps and digital ids. I don't message, I don't chat, I have no social installed, no games, not even email is configured on it.
• Search: Kagi (mentioned in the post, USA) + Qwant (Fr)
• Social Networks: Lemmy, and only on the computer. That's all.
• Ebooks: I went back to print. I explained my motivations on my blog if anyone is interested.
• News: went back to printed newspapers. No tracking.
• Note-taking: a cheap pocket notebook with great paper (from the French Clairefontaine) and a cheap ballpoint Crystal Bic from, well, Bic (FR too).
• Agenda: paper.
• Shop locally (France/EU, in my case): quite a few online as well as brick and mortar shops. Say, leboncoin.fr as an alternative to craiglist/ebay, and ldlc.com for computer/high-tech stuff (they have great customer support, something I value a lot) and worldofbooks.com for used books in English. Local book shops too, used and new. As little Uber as possible (I can walk/use public transit almost anywhere I need to go). Local groceries (bio), local restaurants (real restaurants, I mean). And so on.
• Streaming: none. I quit all streaming services, went back to DVD/CDs. Too bad for those that can't be bothered to be offered on discs as they simply don't get our money ;)

Quite a few of the tools I personally decided to use aren't listed but a big +1 for this cool blog post nonetheless :)

I'll let anyone decide what's best for them. My opinion is that journaling does not need to be the most active community (it's not a practice relying on short term/constantly changing trends, for some like me it's a lifelong habit) but it does need to have enough activity to feel welcoming enough... which something it looks like I did not manage to initiate, so far. I would also say I consider journaling a very specific way of writing I would not wish to see it mixed with a more 'public-focused' type of writing. Also, we've seen more than a doubling (x3 maybe?) of the subscribers in the 6 months or so I started posting content. To me, that's saying there is a real interest for a dedicated community. And imho, with a little more patience, it may start to feel more lively.

But like I said, it's up to anyone to decide what they want to do it, and where. I'll keep an eye on the journaling community for the time being and hopefully I'll be able to quickly resume regular postings if no one else wants to do it, because like I keep saying: it's not my community, I don't own it. I'm just its janitor, trying to make it welcoming and get more people to visit and... use it ;)

Maybe !keepwriting@lemmy.world (not that it’s that much active either looking at it now)

That's a Lemmy issue, I'm afraid. We're not that many. And niche communities are the most impacted by that.

For personal reason, I had to stop my weekly post in our Journaling community. So, even though we're still getting new subscribers (nearing 600) there is not much new content/comments being posted. I don't know for how long I will too busy to post myself I hope others will keep occasionally posting ;)

I wonder what law/regulation the EU will sacrifice in order to appease the tiny orange pouting?

Not often but I also barely use my phone, so ;)

One of the hardest of his strips I can think of. Very impressive too.

gotta say i’m a bit deflated. you built up so much weirdo energy that i expected a payoff. we were on the verge of putting the lotion in the basket. we could have been so much more

All things must come to an end, even the most beautiful stories. Plus, to be 100% honest with you, I just met that cute Dutch cheese lover...

gotta say i’m a bit deflated. you built up so much weirdo energy

I will take that as a compliment ;)

They usually have plenty of options.

Plenty options, are you sure about that? ;)

um… cheese?

Wait? What? You were not supposed to say... Well, ok. Fine. Doesn't matter. I will have another glass of wine instead.

why do i feel like you wear masks in private?

I don't know (and I don't know probably because I don't wear one and neither do I wear a mask in public btw, save when I have a cold) but I would like to know.

I somehow described myself in two and half sentences, in this discussion. Does that count and is that long enough?

this comment was generated by Libb, the first French English-speaking AI that’s as human-looking as anything French can be. It was trained on baguettes and wine—please, say ‘cheese’ in the next 20 seconds if you don’t want for Libb to give you a real French kiss.