as a former tech support person I think the reason why its usually like that is that most of the people who call in are people don't know how to use a computer at least it was for the company I worked at
Some of that is from management being strict about following the procedures we have to make sure every step is followed or we get in trouble so even if someone seems knowledgable we have to treat them like they aren't
Yea I was annoyed that they were making me sign up for google+ for my youtube account so I never tried it I just set it up so I could keep using youtube.
So yeah... maybe the turtle slowly waking up that he was just a Laptog for reddit and thrown away as soon as they didnt need him anymore ( moderation is allways a volunteer thing and shouldnt be like a 2nd job ).
I don't expect my data to be fully deleted in a centralized system either. even if it was deleted from the central server someone might have made an archive of it
and reddit is definitely guilty of this since they were bringing back peoples deleted comments and accounts
My instance has downvoting enabled, but I've learned that some other instances do not. Do the vote totals look different to users on different instances? It seems like some users on instances that don't allow downvoting are unaware that it's not the same lemmy-wide. It would be pretty confusing for them to see their vote go...
CEO replaces 90% of support staff with AI, praises the system on Twitter (www.techspot.com)
Discord bans AI-generated child sex abuse material and teen dating servers (www.nbcnews.com)
The policy changes come after an NBC News investigation last month into child safety on the platform.
12 years ago. Wonder what Lemmy will look like in 12 years? (lemmy.world)
A website to found out who in the Fediverse blocks who for what reason. (fba.ryona.agency)
If you enter a domain, you will find which instances block this domain....
does anybody know what causes the geometry to disappear after a few frames with simulation nodes?
OC Sweet Posy Mandala from Ravelry
Intrusive thoughts are just day nightmares
complacency rule (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
Credit: pizzacakecomic.com
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Current state of Reddit - No more free speech (lemmy.world)
Starbucks notification settings — only 1: "promotions and order status" (lemmy.world)
OC To the person asking about doilies, they make great graduation cap covers
Awkwardturtle The banned 1000 sub mod Talks about the admins after Ban and got a message "let all burn to the ground" (lemmy.world)
So yeah... maybe the turtle slowly waking up that he was just a Laptog for reddit and thrown away as soon as they didnt need him anymore ( moderation is allways a volunteer thing and shouldnt be like a 2nd job ).
The Zuck after getting pre-rejected from Mastodon and Lemmy (i.imgur.com)
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Mastodon thinks Lemmy’s privacy stinks. What say you? (raddle.me)
Federated services have always had privacy issues but I expected Lemmy would have the fewest, but it's visibly worse for privacy than even Reddit....
This bike lane (feddit.de)
Someone forgot that bike lanes should actually have space for a bike. And maybe not cobblestones....
Rumor that some Fediverse devs and admins had secret discussions with Facebook (mstdn.social)
it's an extraordinary claim, but i don't disbelieve it. has anyone else heard anything about this?
What happens to downvotes when instances have different policies?
My instance has downvoting enabled, but I've learned that some other instances do not. Do the vote totals look different to users on different instances? It seems like some users on instances that don't allow downvoting are unaware that it's not the same lemmy-wide. It would be pretty confusing for them to see their vote go...