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How does Lemmy differ from an idealised Mailing List? (feddit.uk)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by zenithseeker@feddit.uk to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Lemmy is definitely different from how mailing lists work in practice - much faster to get updates on, more ergonomic, etc., but in theory - could SMTP, IMAP, and a bit of ingenuity be used to turn a mailing list into a Lemmy-like interface for comments, links, etc?

I just had the idea of making a mailing list-based ActivityPub host lol, but it would probably be much slower than Lemmy in just about every way because of protocol overhead.

Calling all devs! We need moderation tools that can deal with the growth of Lemmy. in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago

Yeah, after reading that I think the defederation was a quite serious mistake on their part that will probably cause a lot of people to abandon their instance.

Voter ID: 14,000 were denied vote in England local elections, watchdog finds in c/uk_politics@feddit.uk
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You could maybe get a provisional driving licence? Not ideal, but I don't think you need to actually drive to get one iirc (has been a while).

Meta's upcoming AcitivityPub-enabled app Threads will only come with an "import from Mastodon" option. The new network won't federate on day one. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Certainly, but when you make a comment or post it gets transferred to all federated servers without your express consent and you currently can't permanently delete anything.

Meta's upcoming AcitivityPub-enabled app Threads will only come with an "import from Mastodon" option. The new network won't federate on day one. in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 16 points 2 years ago (10 children)

By that logic though all of Fediverse is illegal and should be shut down. There is significant work to be done there, not just by Facebook but by the Fediverse community on the whole.

I am working on a new lemmy app for iOS and Android, here's my current progress in c/programming@beehaw.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Brilliant, very much look forward to it. I don't have much experience with mobile app development but could contribute some translations if you end up needing them.

Unicorns come in different sizes! in c/memes@lemmy.ml
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Or as we say in the industry, a bicorn (note that there is currently no industry that refers to them as bicorns)

Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ah yeah if the originating instance sends data to a secondary one then that is somewhat different.

Oldest original formatting website still up to date: milk.com in c/retrocomputing@lemmy.sdf.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago

Wow lol, that was not what I expected to find on milk.com

Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? in c/technology@beehaw.org
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

The originating instance definitely cannot be held responsible for failing to force a separate instance in another country to delete its cached copy of user data imo. I think what is more likely is that EU courts could force European Jimmy instances to only federate with GDPR-compliant instances.

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Subscribed after today's headlines about Reddit's mods for this sub being booted. in c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
[–] zenithseeker@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

As did I. Was sort of okay with third party apps being blocked, but the whole mod replacement thing is unfortunate and has caused my favourite subreddits to go down pretty much indefinitely.