But if they behaved like this, other instances would just block them from federation ("seeing out" to other instances) and they'd be isolated in their own little silo. That's the beauty of federated networks - bad actors will be naturally pushed out and isolated.
cowleggies
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Yeah, I agree with it feeling "off" - can't put my finger on exactly why. It feels like someone's hobby project, as in one single person. The UI feels cluttered and not well thought out.
As other people have pointed out too, it gives me a weird vibe that there's no information about who created it, who controls it, how it's moderated. And the domain was registered on GoDaddy like three months ago.. just feels really off to me.
The horizontal blocks UI with post content on the left, and discussion on the right, frankly sucks. Weird font choices across the interface as well.
Scaling costs will be untenable if Squabbles ever starts to gain serious user traction, and then they're in the same predicament as Reddit - you have to monetize somehow in order to pay for the infrastructure. That's either ads, paid subscriptions, or selling your user data.
I don't see how this is any better than Reddit.
I'm confused about what they would be suing for? Based on the example of Nintendo, if people were sharing links to download Switch games or something, yeah then you would have a copyright concern.
But Nintendo can't sue anyone for simply talking about Nintendo products. Forums have existed since the birth of the internet, and they'll exist long after whatever happens to Reddit, for example.
also curious about this - my long-time provider went dark a few months ago and I didn't have the energy to dig in and find another decent one.
I had to remove it from my Home Screen just because of the muscle memory. I’ve opened and immediately closed it so many times today.
Isn’t the whole point of federation to allow users to choose the instance they want to use? I think it sets a bad precedent if instances were to block them from federating entirely without reason simply because that instance happens to be run by Meta.
If anything, this would be a huge boon for federated networks and ActivityPub as a whole to have participation from such a large-scale user base.
And there are a lot of people out there who would be scared away from the technical learning curve of things like Lemmy, Mastodon, etc - giving them a more “conventional” way to participate in federated networks is a great way to get people acquainted.
More participation is a good thing.
Cory Wong is fantastic.
v1 of Vision Pro? Probably not.
Once the tech has matured and the price point comes down? Probably.
This is a relatively new product category so it’s tough to predict, but if you’re going solely off of Apple’s track record the last 20 years, the first couple of iterations will be enthusiast/luxury products that will drive interest and create demand, and then will become more commonplace. iPod, iPhone, Apple Watch all followed this lifecycle for the most part.
Glad to know Clonezilla does work for the deck - it’s one of my favorite tools and what I use for full system images on all my computers.
You probably want a tool like Clonezilla that will image and clone the existing M.2 drive to the new drive.
The simplest way would likely be to use a USB-C hub on your Steam Deck, plug in your new M.2 and adapter, and boot Clonezilla from a flash drive to do the image/clone. Then install the new M.2 and you theoretically should be good to go.
I’m not fully familiar with SteamOS’s partition structure so there’s a chance for some compatibility issues with the SteamOS bootloader or something like that, but worst-case scenario would be you just do a clean install of SteamOS on the new M.2 if the clone doesn’t work.
If you want absolute control over what instances you’re federated with, start your own instance. Otherwise, find one that’s more closely aligned to your views.
As others have said, this is one of the main points of federated networks, if you don’t like how an instance is run, you can take your ball and go play somewhere else.