Just watched #Renfield, thanks @movies for recomendation!It was very fun film, with good action and nice humor.Shame it got bad reception with rating around 6. From now on I will never trust hollow numbers.#movies
Poster for movie Renfield with sub-title "sucks to be him", featuring main character and Dracula standing behind him, hands grabbing his shoulders.
A highly rated comedy just means a high percentage of people thought it was kind of funny.
But it's almost never going to be anyone's favorite comedy movie. When people give their favorites, it's usually something in the 5-7 range.
A big problem with modern media is it's all made by the same small handful of corps who want to make a couple big franchise blockbusters a year that appeal to as many people as possible.
There's not much being made that shoot to make the perfect movie/show for only 10% of possible viewers. There's less margin of error, and if it bombs the people who funded it don't make money.
Mailing from Firefox
@Firefox@firefox ......
First of all our presence on their mailing list is shared with Google (fonts.googleapis) and via Braze Social (US) it's also going to AWS.....
Yes, you are doing a brilliant job to protect our privacy at mozilla!
Social media the most powerful propaganda tool of all times.
In the 1960s you would say the same thing about TV, and you'd be right. Before that it was the cinema. It's not because the mediums as such are inherently evil, but they carry an inherent power that can be used for evil.
There is, however, another element to it, and one that is completely new for social media. That's the illusion that we can actually contribute in a meaningful way by participating.
Nobody believes they are fighting fascism by watching TV all day. Yet, on social media, we waste our time shouting at clouds rather than going out in the real world to actually achieve something. We collectively tread in water as democracy dies, all the while feeling like we are "doing our part".
I participate in the Fediverse because I have hope that we are building something different; something that can derail the large platforms that are used for evil, and where the organization of actual opposition can be possible. I think it might be. But I am also afraid I am just wasting my time.
Even well after the printing press and people could read/write their local language, there was opposition to letting the public read religious texts.
Catholic mass was in Latin till the 1960s...
Random Catholics didn't know Latin, the priest would read something in Latin, then tell the congregation pretty much whatever.
Switching over to English was a big deal, because then followers could realize Jesus was talking about socialism and free healthcare this whole time and not buying old men fancy hats.
Giving the followers direct access to the texts takes power from the church.
Social media the most powerful propaganda tool of all times.
In the 1960s you would say the same thing about TV, and you'd be right. Before that it was the cinema. It's not because the mediums as such are inherently evil, but they carry an inherent power that can be used for evil.
There is, however, another element to it, and one that is completely new for social media. That's the illusion that we can actually contribute in a meaningful way by participating.
Nobody believes they are fighting fascism by watching TV all day. Yet, on social media, we waste our time shouting at clouds rather than going out in the real world to actually achieve something. We collectively tread in water as democracy dies, all the while feeling like we are "doing our part".
I participate in the Fediverse because I have hope that we are building something different; something that can derail the large platforms that are used for evil, and where the organization of actual opposition can be possible. I think it might be. But I am also afraid I am just wasting my time.
The Tanakh was the first Abrhamic writings and is about 3,000 years old. It wasn't like everyone had copies, because pretty much no one could read. But there were copies
Parts of it became the Old Testament, and another part was/is the Torah.
Like, just to be safe I'm going to point out it's literally the same god in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. They're just arguing over who the best prophet is/was/will be.
Social media the most powerful propaganda tool of all times.
In the 1960s you would say the same thing about TV, and you'd be right. Before that it was the cinema. It's not because the mediums as such are inherently evil, but they carry an inherent power that can be used for evil.
There is, however, another element to it, and one that is completely new for social media. That's the illusion that we can actually contribute in a meaningful way by participating.
Nobody believes they are fighting fascism by watching TV all day. Yet, on social media, we waste our time shouting at clouds rather than going out in the real world to actually achieve something. We collectively tread in water as democracy dies, all the while feeling like we are "doing our part".
I participate in the Fediverse because I have hope that we are building something different; something that can derail the large platforms that are used for evil, and where the organization of actual opposition can be possible. I think it might be. But I am also afraid I am just wasting my time.
Microsoft iemand anders gebruikt een van mijn mailadressen voor een Office 365 account, dus ik krijg steeds mailtjes over verlenging en dergelijke. Dit melden is onmogelijk, #microsoft is niet bereikbaar, ik verzand in een vraag/antwoord jungle en botgepruts! #klantenservice#support#bigtech
🚀 A little guide on how to communicate with Lemmy from Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, Sharkey etc
(this is the English translation of this German post: anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-1… If something is linguistically incorrect or incomprehensible, please let me know)
Lemmy is a kind of forum software in the #Fediverse: You can subscribe to forums (called ‘communities’ in Lemmy), share links and participate in discussions.
@Tealk and I have described it in more detail (in German) here.
On the one hand, you can follow #Lemmy accounts, in which case the posts will appear in your timeline and you can reply to them, share them, etc.
On the other hand, you can also create posts in Lemmy communities from Mastodon etc.
Follow a community:
The easiest way is to type the account name in full into the search or copy the URL into the search field. This applies to communities (e.g. [ät][email protected]) and Lemmy accounts (e.g.
@caos is my Lemmy account) as well as to individual posts in Lemmy (e.g. feddit.org/post/201081 is a post in Lemmy).
Creating posts in communities:
You can create posts in Lemmy communities by tagging the community account
(It should be a public post)
If the community account is tagged with @, it will share the post and the post will also appear in the forum.
For example, this is a post I created from Mastodon in feddit's #Tischtennis forum: metalhead.club/@caos/112749905… ... and this is how it is displayed in Lemmy: feddit.org/post/556495
The only thing to note from Mastodon and Akkoma etc. is: The beginning of the post/the first paragraph becomes the title of the forum post, as Mastodon does not have a heading field. (see also: Instructions Creating a post from Mastodon)
So it is best to start the post like this (see image 1):
This is my headline (as descriptive a title as possible) @community
This is the further text, link etc.
if necessary a picture (only in the initial post a picture is transferred from Mastodon to Lemmy, between Lemmy and Friendica all images in answers are transferred in the meantime)
Send post to multiple communities / groups at the same time
The post can only be sent to one Lemmy community at a time. If several community accounts are tagged, the post will only appear in the last one mentioned. If several different group accounts are tagged in a post, the Lemmy account should come first. According to my tests, it works in the following order: 1. lemmy community 2. friendica forum 3. a.gup.pe group . Then all groups share the post, otherwise it doesn't work with all of them so far.
Search for communities
You can search for interesting forums/communities either on an instance page or here in the ‘Lemmy Explorer’ (see image 2).
If you are interested, enter the URL in the search field and follow the account.
If you have found an interesting community, you can copy its URL into the search field to follow the community account (see image 3) or enter the handle of the account in the form @communityname (in Friendica etc. also with !).
The past posts are then often not displayed, but those that come in the future will appear in your timeline.
What is not possible from Mastodon etc. is to create your own community. This requires a Lemmy or kbin account. Otherwise almost everything works (except for pictures in replies, which are not federated, see in detail (in German) here).
If you follow many or very active communities, it can get a bit confusing, especially in Mastodon. A clearer view is available if you view it on the page of the community itself, i.e. open it externally in the browser.
(the original URL of posts is sometimes hidden behind the #Fediverse logo)
Look at the instance OP is from, it's not one of the big twitter knockoffs.
If there's a way to block every twitter knockoff at once I'd love to hear it, but unfortunately I think you just didn't understand what's happening and won't be able to actually help anyone...
🚀 A little guide on how to communicate with Lemmy from Mastodon, Friendica, Hubzilla, Sharkey etc
(this is the English translation of this German post: anonsys.net/display/bf69967c-1… If something is linguistically incorrect or incomprehensible, please let me know)
Lemmy is a kind of forum software in the #Fediverse: You can subscribe to forums (called ‘communities’ in Lemmy), share links and participate in discussions.
@Tealk and I have described it in more detail (in German) here.
On the one hand, you can follow #Lemmy accounts, in which case the posts will appear in your timeline and you can reply to them, share them, etc.
On the other hand, you can also create posts in Lemmy communities from Mastodon etc.
Follow a community:
The easiest way is to type the account name in full into the search or copy the URL into the search field. This applies to communities (e.g. [ät][email protected]) and Lemmy accounts (e.g.
@caos is my Lemmy account) as well as to individual posts in Lemmy (e.g. feddit.org/post/201081 is a post in Lemmy).
Creating posts in communities:
You can create posts in Lemmy communities by tagging the community account
(It should be a public post)
If the community account is tagged with @, it will share the post and the post will also appear in the forum.
For example, this is a post I created from Mastodon in feddit's #Tischtennis forum: metalhead.club/@caos/112749905… ... and this is how it is displayed in Lemmy: feddit.org/post/556495
The only thing to note from Mastodon and Akkoma etc. is: The beginning of the post/the first paragraph becomes the title of the forum post, as Mastodon does not have a heading field. (see also: Instructions Creating a post from Mastodon)
So it is best to start the post like this (see image 1):
This is my headline (as descriptive a title as possible) @community
This is the further text, link etc.
if necessary a picture (only in the initial post a picture is transferred from Mastodon to Lemmy, between Lemmy and Friendica all images in answers are transferred in the meantime)
Send post to multiple communities / groups at the same time
The post can only be sent to one Lemmy community at a time. If several community accounts are tagged, the post will only appear in the last one mentioned. If several different group accounts are tagged in a post, the Lemmy account should come first. According to my tests, it works in the following order: 1. lemmy community 2. friendica forum 3. a.gup.pe group . Then all groups share the post, otherwise it doesn't work with all of them so far.
Search for communities
You can search for interesting forums/communities either on an instance page or here in the ‘Lemmy Explorer’ (see image 2).
If you are interested, enter the URL in the search field and follow the account.
If you have found an interesting community, you can copy its URL into the search field to follow the community account (see image 3) or enter the handle of the account in the form @communityname (in Friendica etc. also with !).
The past posts are then often not displayed, but those that come in the future will appear in your timeline.
What is not possible from Mastodon etc. is to create your own community. This requires a Lemmy or kbin account. Otherwise almost everything works (except for pictures in replies, which are not federated, see in detail (in German) here).
If you follow many or very active communities, it can get a bit confusing, especially in Mastodon. A clearer view is available if you view it on the page of the community itself, i.e. open it externally in the browser.
(the original URL of posts is sometimes hidden behind the #Fediverse logo)
And stop using all those fucking hashtags because it posts to communities.
And stop "@ing" people when you reply to them.
The only reason I clicked this was the hope you all had started realizing this so I'd get to stop blocking you all for the spam.
It's not complicated but everyone from a twitter knockoff I've tried to explain it to, just can't seem to fucking understand and come up with crazy conspiracies that bots are doing it.
Arctic Wolf has acquired Cylance, BlackBerry’s beleaguered cybersecurity business, for $160 million — a significant discount from the $1.4 billion BlackBerry paid to acquire the startup in 2018. Read more at @Techcrunch. #BlackBerry#Cylance#CyberSecurity#Tech#Technologyhttps://flip.it/82oI4A
I knew valuations were bullshit, but Silicon Valley from HBO does a really good job of illustrating just how made up the whole thing is, and how it's mainly driven by fear a rival will pay more than the worth of a company.