Potatomache

I wouldn't say it's unaffected. The quality of the content has dropped, less people are posting which makes the feeds look and feel stagnant, and some subs are just gone now. Whether or not that stays the same months or years from now, who can say?

I don't think any censorship is happening though. Reddit is still very much an internet subculture thing and fediverse apps even more niche.

I read Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk some time ago. It's so messy. It had the sort of horror that you could find resonated in everyday life, wherein someone's life is ruined by circumstances, and the problems they faced were very personal, mental disorder, trauma, addiction, etc. The characters were deeply flawed, and the plot twist really made me put the book down just to absorb it. It didn't have an ending I'd consider happy, more resolute than anything else.

I usually stay in my fantasy/sci-fi bubble, and it was so far removed from anything I had ever read before.

I'm pretty sure you just click on it again. I just tried with your post.

It's kinda tricky because a lot of people who just left reddit, left for the reasons you're ranting about. I think that's why there's such a prevalence in posts that are anti-Meta/anti-Threads/anti-corpo. It's so fresh in everyone's mind how greediness has ruined a lot of communities they've built.

I will say, there's a learning curve to using the fediverse (I'm still getting the hang of it). But there's a way to get more "normal" content, you just have to deal with the reality that a lot of those communities are starting out and need your contribution to become a real community.

Besides, you don't have to completely give up reddit. I still use mine and I don't have any intention of deleting it any time soon.

It's alright. Story was okay. Combat was pretty entertaining; although I'd recommend playing on higher difficulty, the gear progression makes the game too easy. The crafting mechanic was also fun for a while.

I think the worst thing about it is map bloat, but if that's a nonissue for you, you might enjoy it.

I think it very much depends on the type of games you play. Some microtransactions or DLCs aren't just cosmetic.

I don't remember which game had mounts and extra inventory space as microtransactions, but they exist, and sure, they're optional, but it still kinda sucks that a player has to either grind for hours for rare RNG loot or just shell out 20$ for something that would make the game run better.

Single-player games aren't immune to this either. I still remember the fuck up that was Mass Effect 3's Day 1 DLC. Bioware insisted the character on the DLC was optional but many, including myself, felt that a character who represented a race that has been at the core of the series was absolutely necessary, and that his removal from the base game was a simple act of greed. Especially since he was ready to be played at the onset.

I wait for deep sales now. That usually comes with the downside that the game isn't as hyped up or commonplace, but on the flipside, it's been patched and surely someone on the internet has fixes to any issues that may arise.

I do buy into monetization sometimes, but I tend to budget it very tightly and only go for cheap skins, or novelty gacha characters.

I imagine if the kbin bird gets a name we'd follow along so either, Kibbies/Binks/Kebins?

Ohhhh, I see. So it's only by the users subscribing to other communities that the instance is populated with content from other instances?

Yeah, I was hoping I could find an old post from him regarding the name, but google just shows me code, and I didn't want to bother him because I imagine he's busy. 😅

So... Each instance has a copy of all the other instances' content? I thought they just had access to each other's content but not a copy?

If they each have a copy then how would refederation work? I assume they just sync back together. So if instance A has a post with several comment threads on it from other instances, and B defederates, then it gets a copy of the post. If the original author on A decides to delete their post, then their post stays on B's instance, but if B refederates, does their copy of that post repopulate or does it sync up to be deleted?

Because only a few people have a truly symmetrical face. Your hair acts as a sort of frame and so a middle part can end up emphasizing the imbalances that exist and thus make you look more lopsided. There are also additional considerations to a beautiful face. Symmetry is one, proportion is the other. You can have a very symmetrical face but if your features are smaller or larger in relation to it as a whole, then that can ding off a few points on the "beauty" meter.

That's why asymmetrical hairstyles can work so much better. It can shape your face in accordance to its symmetry and proportion and thus make it appear more balanced.