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Lumeinshin · 2023-07-02T21:10:45+00:00

I think spurred on somewhat by the recent API changes for sites like Twitter and Reddit, as well as just a general discontentment for the leadership of those...

marc

Lumeinshin And what's the content on those mostly composed of?

Lumeinshin

marc
the content on the fediverse is very similar to the likes of twitter or any other social media focused around a profile writing a post and throwing it into the void. its good fun imo

I have just decommissioned my fediverse instance as of the other day so mine isnt available anymore.

Space Banana

Lumeinshin For Youtube I use Freetube. When Freetube stops working I use it only for browsing and make it call mpv externally since mpv always works. I used to use piped and invidious but with freetube there isn't much need

Mr. Plankz

I haven't tried it myself yet but I saw an interesting 2000's looking internet browser for those who want to keep using FireFox without supporting Mozilla. It's called SeaMonkey and it includes many different tools for users who use the internet far more than others.

Nowadays we have Librewolf and Mullvad, but this also seems like another good option. Whether that be for the aesthetics and/or for the extra tools.

tyl

rena 1:1 discord ripoff so useless, I hate discord why would I want something thats exactly like it?
My favorite video on why discord sucks:

and on why all the modern alternatives suck all the same:

Mr. Plankz I used to use it a bit, its cool but I think since its a fork of old FF it doesn't work with any modern extensions, I'm stuck on Librewolf due to them. Modern browsers suck, Firefox before Quantum was the last decent browser I think. Vivaldi used to be cool at launch too but no way I'd use a chromium and non-privacy focused and proprietary browser nowdays. Someone should skin Librewolf to look like SeaMonkey or whatever old browser thatd be cool.

the-syreth-clan

Mr. Plankz I haven't tried it myself yet but I saw an interesting 2000's looking internet browser for those who want to keep using FireFox without supporting Mozilla. It's called SeaMonkey and it includes many different tools for users who use the internet far more than others.

I have, a lot of things don't really work as its woefully outdated but certain features like the collapsible toolbars and the sheer amount of detailed settings under the various menus. You can even set the default colors and fonts of links, text and etc. Pretty crazy. It really puts modern browsers to shame in that regard. It's great for surfing the simpler, older or just plain more obscure web, but you definitely need a modern one on the side for everything else.

Mr. Plankz

tyl I do agree, 1:1 apps are pretty much pointless. If it's meant to be a carbon copy that has some core features stripped from it then it's useless. Even if you invited people for it, it's just not going to last long. Every new app needs to be unique and not some one-trick pony either. For something to compete with discord it would need to be something different entirely. To make something like old-forum culture pop off again it would need to have a good hook.

WalkTheEarth

I use bluesky instead of xitter and it is really fun. no "O F L i n k i n b i o" no spam no crypto bros, just something good

Mr. Plankz

WalkTheEarth Nuh uh

Mr. Plankz

WalkTheEarth Nuh uh. Bluesky is boring.

Idk why that sent multiple times.

Space Banana

Mr. Plankz Something is going on, multiple people are sending double messages, it probably will happen to this message I'm typing
And yeah I don't like bluesky either, the only reason it even became popular is because people are willing to do anything just to not assotiate elon musk and so bluesky is highly political

WalkTheEarth

Space Banana yeah when i send a message i get some error and then when i send it again it doubles itself and then sends

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