I’m not sure what exactly you’re talking about.

This article—which I haven’t read—has a screenshot of mobile Google Chrome tab grouping. Hopefully this’ll help.

Discoverability is a huge barrier to entry in the Fediverse, and they’re not helping.

It’s hard for me to judge them too harshly, though. Fediverse devs do things I disagree with all the time, and users too. Maybe, in a different world, something else could’ve taken Mastodon’s place… but its forks stick close, Pleroma has the charm of a brick, Misskey is too 日本, and Misskey forks got Messy, and—

…Oh. That’s it, isn’t it? Mastodon is the best that ActivityPub has to offer most microblogging fans.

I believe that’s incorrect. The reporter who started this rumor either misunderstood the meaning of the chart or was lying through his teeth. I’ll find the original source and share it here later.

Linux Foundation Report.

This is the actual source. If you simply scroll through it, you’ll see they’re investing in many things that move the Linux ecosystem forward. Open standards, open hardware, security in the software stack, providing for latest market needs, keeping an eye on legislation that could affect Linux, staying in touch with important entities in the industry, and so on.

Scroll down near the bottom and you’ll find where the reporter got their information from. It’s an expenditure chart and, sure enough, it says “Linux Kernel Support 2%” Note, however, that it also says:

• Community Tooling 5%
• Training and Certifications 7%
• Project Infrastructure 9%
• Project Support 64% (!)

Note that it doesn’t say how any of them is further divided. Remember all the things I mentioned earlier? All of that is value for Linux as a whole.

Software projects aren’t just about programming the big thing. Working on a large project will show you this. Could the foundation spend more on Linux? Maybe. But saying they only spend 2% on it is disingenuous.

The reporter doesn’t mention this in his clickbait piece, either because he doesn’t get it in the first place, or more likely because he just wants to push his views.

This is yet another example why Lunduke isn’t a credible source of news.

Yes, people chase content, which means chasing where many people are, but why did Bluesky become a mainstream alternative and Mastodon didn’t?

I’m saying marketing doesn’t cut it, and it’s not just about where most users are either, otherwise everyone but Threads would be irrelevant.

People bounce off both Threads and Mastodon, and there are platform-related reasons for that.

That may be true for some people, but isn’t a valid generalization. See the Brazil blocking Twitter situation.

Millions decided to give Bluesky a chance and a graph showed daily user activity quadrupling. Now, a not-insignificant portion are saying they refuse to return to Twitter because:

• It feels less toxic and healthier
• They have more control over their experience
• They’re finally having fun with social media again

Sound familiar?

And I’m pretty sure Misskey has more features. Hell, Mastodon as well probably. Bluesky doesn’t even support video yet.

The first sin of the Fediverse isn’t being small, that’s the second. First is being a pain in the ass.

This was one of the reasons I left, and I assumed most disliked the official app, but weren’t willing to part with the content.

Now, I think I was too close minded. Stuck in my bubble. If it’s not in a discussion about reddit sucking, chances are people don’t care that much.

App sucks? Didn’t think about that, it’s just an app. App really sucks? Whatever, they already use 5 other apps that are worse.

The medium shapes the experience, but isn’t an experience unto itself. Not that important to the average person.

Why are there three forks(?) of what I assume is Misskey? I think the original is still kicking, even.

However, its design is a little too complex to be used at small sizes, as you would in text or in a button.

I wonder what the criteria are. Because ⁂ just looks like three blurry dots to me. It’s not making things worse, but I wouldn’t say it’s making them much better either.

I think that’s because your instance hasn’t updated to Lemmy versions that add this yet.

It helps people and discourse, so it’s appreciated. Stalking and tagging downvoters is probably going too far, though.

Wow, did I misread that badly. Thank you for explaining.

I wonder if they’re aware, actually. From the linked issue:

Also noteworthy is that reddit and lemmy are unique in keeping vote privacy: mastodon, twitter, and most other platforms expose them.

What voting system on Twitter is he talking about?

I fear this, too, but I’m not sure what that’d look like. Would people tag someone who downvoted them and act like they’re entitled to an explanation? That would probably(?) earn a block from me.

Edit: never mind, that’s exactly the kind of thing that happens, it seems.

Maybe. There are likely both *bin users who agree and disagree. Even if they all agreed and removed it, though, there isn’t much stopping others from running older versions, patching it back in, or even starting entirely new software that does the same. The fundamental issue, the false privacy of the voting system, remains.

I agree with the general point that privacy isn’t a binary thing, but I don’t think the bar is nearly so high, as it simply takes opening the post in the right kbin(/mbin?) instance. This requires neither technical skill nor admin privileges.

Sorry, what’s an upvote spammer and why are they undesirable?

You can probably force it to be by using a custom extension list, but the result might not be functional or pretty to look at.

I don’t think so. As far as context switching goes, tab groups are faster and, having used both Chrome’s tab groups and Firefox’s bookmarks, I’d argue they’re easier to manage too.

The way I see it, each feature has different intended uses. Ideally, I wouldn’t use tab groups as a bookmarks substitute either… but sometimes it happens due to their advantages.

Using bookmarks as a substitute for tab groups is a very different user experience, though.

They might simply prefer it, or be in an environment where they have no choice (e.g. office, education).

I’m a stubborn Firefox user but I have to say, this feels a little aggressive and not at all likely to convince anyone to switch.