I mean, "bad" in this case is completely subjective. There are large trans communities on other instances (blahaj being the most obvious one) and they have their reasons for defederating from Hexbear.
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Meh, that's kind of the point, no? Seems like it would be more jarring to only federate at the community level, as you either a) still have to interact with people from the unwanted instance or b) deal with randomly hidden comments from that instance. If the community dies because it's on an unpopular instance, well, that's the way it goes. Can always start up/join a community on another instance that's federated with yours.
Oh wow, haven't watched Beer and Board Games in a while!
Getting real uncanny valley vibes from those teeth...
Lol as if these generations are doing anything different than they were doing before. Kids have always lied about their age to do adult things. Not saying it's healthy, just like it wasn't healthy for kids to get their older brother to buy cigs, but it's not a unique problem and these generations are far from a "lost cause".
As unenforcable as they've always been, and honestly I prefer it that way. Really don't want to give my ID to random websites.
Dude can pry my debugger from my cold, dead hands.
Light fixtures looking like I placed them in the sims
Definitely didn't move tons of boxes of Bootleg ebay product out of there, nope. In any case, I'll take dinner at the fifth dining table today.
I agree that most people won't care but take issue with calling them "dumb". Everyone has a limited amount of time on this planet to build skills and chase hobbies. A lot of people on this site have tech-related jobs and hobbies, so of course this matters to us. I might expect someone who buys pre-built gaming PCs to keep this on their radar, but the vast majority of folks who use computers as email and social media machines, including those who only use it for data entry type jobs, have little reason to care about the specifics of their CPU or any other single component of their computer. If their computer breaks, that's annoying, but that's life. They'll spend the same amount on a new laptop as we might spend on a new CPU and get on with their day.
I don't know what brand of spark plugs are in my car, and maybe a mechanic or car enthusiast would find that dumb. But hey, I'm too busy caring about my CPU to spend time worrying about my car unless it breaks.
I have some issues with WaPo's reporting at times, but honestly, how do we expect to fund quality journalism if we never pay for news?
I dunno, I feel like anyone drawn to Lemmy for that reason will find lemmy.ml nearly as easily. If world suffers because of bad practices, well, that's the way it goes. At least the fediverse lives on.