I have no context about why NiceVancouver became its own subreddit, but IMHO community fragmentation is definitely what we don't need, especially with the user base so small.
mars
joined 2 years ago
No problem! Best of luck. 🙂
How the people of Saskatchewan keep these clowns employed as their leaders is a mystery. The province is rapidly becoming the Mississippi of Canada.
All bars, all the time.
Personally I don't see any benefits for the loops, and a couple major drawbacks IMHO:
- Loops are less stable and require more physical force exerted by the user in order to gain a minimal amount of stability by pulling the loop taught.
- Loops feel dirtier and far harder to clean. Of course given that it's public transit it's not going to be fully sanitized or anything, but I feel like users can more easily take steps to protect themselves using bars (wiping the bar quickly before grabbing it, or shielding themselves by holding it through a piece of clothing).
Isn't this the plot of The Lorax?
It's probably less wise to assume that someone is basing their vote entirely on a single grievance they express.
Very cool to see a fediverse alternative to r/place!
Personally I wouldn't be too dismissive upfront. Relevant part of the article:
But the more charitable — and, Shariff believes, more accurate — view could be related to the bystander effect.
The well-studied theory posits that people are less likely to offer help if there are many other people around. It could be because they think other people are better-positioned to help, or because they do not know what to do in an unfamiliar situation and look to others for cues to the acceptable social response.
Compare a car crash today vs in the years before everyone had a globally-connected computer with an attached high-definition camera in their pocket. Back then horrific car crashes still happened, and what did the majority of bystanders also do back then? Just stood and watched.
Clarity matters a lot in legal documents. Anyone else remember the case of the comma that cost millions?
You could potentially reach out to the planners of various climate-related strategic projects happening on campus. Many of them (like this one) have a component considering transportation and mobility that could be a vector for changes like what you're proposing.
It's an interesting thought to consider that without access to centralized distribution platforms like app stores, something incredibly similar is created in its place: The so-called "super-app" (e.g. WeChat, Alipay).