thanks! this post made me try out thunder, and I have to say it’s my favorite so far! sync is way too flashy, the standard font is way too small, the condensed feed view options (smaller cards, list, compact) are virtually all the same shitty list view, and it’s too floaty and zoomy.

thunder on the other hand gets all the little, but super-important things just right; how one-finger zooming of pictures is so smooth, how the download button is in a logical spot and is responsive to show the succeeded download; how the preview in the feed is just the right size; how collapsing comment chains is smooth and not disorienting. great app, thanks for the recommendation!

oh and I couldn’t care less if an app is open source, closed source, pay-to-use or not, as long as the UI is good. I’d just block ads anyway, or try to find a ripped version (revanced etc) – but having an app that’s not reporting home is of course even better!

EU policy is so hit and miss because the EU Parliament mostly has our backs, and is introducing good legislation protecting consumers of corpo overreach (like the roaming directive). The EU Commission on the other hand has only the interest of the EU countries’ governments in mind, which makes many of its proposals rather shitty of the common citizen. Also tells you a lot about what the actual national governments stand for, when somebody else is doing more for the citizens than they are.

I thought about this comment, and realized that somehow, I just don’t care so much about what happens to Reddit anymore. Instead of worrying about what I left behind, I’m looking forward to what’s ahead of us.

I think it’s because even before the whole 3d-party-app drama, there already was this undefined feeling that Reddit’s best days are behind it. Maybe it’s the effect of ad money and monetization, or it’s the inevitable trend towards low quality content that comes with mass adoption, probably it’s both.

Whatever the cause, in most subreddits, the old Facebook-style rot had already set in. Once-cool subs now being an endless barrage of tired memes, bots farming karma, and people being assholes. The things I joined for years ago, the engaging discussion, random encounters with amazing experts, the cutting-edge internet anarchy, it’s all already long gone.

When I opened the app (Baconreader in my case), I only did it out of habit, to then spendy time scrolling through an endless list of things that made me slightly go “heh”.

So, maybe most people will stay on Reddit for now, and probably I will have to leave behind certain communities instead of finding direct replacements. But I see that as a good thing. As long as even just 2% of Reddit’s users make it here, I’m excited it will grow into something much better than what I left behind.

I thought about this comment, and realized that somehow, I just don’t care so much anymore. Instead of worrying about what I left behind, I’m looking forward to what’s ahead of us.

I think it’s because even before the whole 3d-party-app drama, there already was this undefined feeling that Reddit’s best days are behind it. Maybe it’s the effect of ad money and monetization, or it’s the inevitable trend towards low quality content that comes with mass adoption, probably it’s both.

Whatever the cause, in most subreddits, the old Facebook-style rot had already set in. Once-cool subs now being an endless barrage of tired memes, bots farming karma, and people being assholes. The things I joined for years ago, the engaging discussion, random encounters with amazing experts, the cutting-edge internet anarchy, it’s all already long gone.

When I opened the app (Baconreader in my case), I only did it out of habit, to then spendy time scrolling through an endless list of things that made me slightly go “heh”.

So, maybe most people will stay on Reddit for now, and probably I will have to leave behind certain communities instead of finding direct replacements. But I see that as a good thing. As long as even just 2% of Reddit’s users make it here, I’m excited it will grow into something much better than what I left behind.

na wäh. runterreißen wenn man sowas findet bitte; und finger brechen wenn ma den derwischt ders aufhängt.

Yes please! I’d love the ability for electronic money transfers (even offline!) without being dependent on private service partners like fucking Google, Apple and Mastercard.

Maybe explain it more as a payment standard, a protocol, not so much as another currency.

Logisch und direkt? Die 3rd-Party-Apps zum Abtreten von Werbeeinnahmen zu verpflichten wäre logisch und direkt gewesen. Mod-Tools konsequent weiterentwickeln und für Profi-Zugang etwas verlangen wäre logisch und direkt. Video-Hosting auslagern anstatt unbedingt alles Inhouse im Walled Garden haben zu müssen wäre logisch und direkt.

Ein Interview ablassen, indem man das absolute Trainwreck “Musk übernimmt Twitter” lobt und als Vorbild (!) ansieht, es sich ohne Not mit der Userschaft und den Mods verscherzen, und wenn es dann zum Aufreger wird auch noch auf stur schalten, aktiv den größten Wert den das Unternehmen hat (die Authentizität der Userpostings und Userzahlen) zu untergraben, und die Angestellten aufs Durchhalten einschwören, während man sie aber gleichzeitig vor tätlichen Übergriffen warnen muss (!), ist alles andere als logisch und direkt.

“reserves”… more like troops from elsewhere because no meaningful reserves are left.

whatsapp’s killer feature was “no killer features, just a messaging app with number-bound IDs and good UI that even my grandma can use with minimal setup”. for anything like that again I’d change, but the minute they think they need to add something like numberless IDs, or stickers, or a social media feature, or a payment system, they can fuck right off.

and smaller screens? 145 x 65 mm would be perfect! and anything larger than 150 x 70 is too big.

before leaving as in before switching to another community while browsing? or as in when you unsubscribe? and what if I never leave

or we could just all stop caring about the vote count instead! why even pay attention to that? I’d honestly rather have two good comments on a post than 300 upvotes, or view counts, or whatever. couldn’t care less about any of those.

Solid advice all around. Man am I glad to be here again!

Sicher nicht dort, wo eine Alternative (Radweg) vorhanden und vorgeschrieben ist. Und glaub mir, als Radler fährt man lieber dort, wenn es möglich ist, als sich zu knapp überholen und vollstinken zu lassen!

Aber, es gibt noch eine Bedingung: Wenn die Infrastruktur es nicht hergibt, dass zB Langsamradler und einer am Rennrad sicher aneinander vorbeifahren, und der Radweg sich wie wild über flache Randsteine und über den Gehweg schlängelt wahrend die Straße daneben bretteleben und gerade dahinzischt… dann werden auch weiterhin schnelle Radfahrer auf der Straße fahren.

Denn die Straße ist (wo kein daneben laufender Radweg vorgeschrieben ist!) für alle da. Schnellradfahrer, Mopedautos, alle. Auch wenns dir nicht taugt. Da hilft nur wie am Land hinter Landmaschinen: Zweite hinein und langsam nachfahren.

Du siehst also: Auch für dich als Autofahrer wäre es absolut in deinem Sinne, wenn Radinfrastruktur ordentlich ausgebaut wird. Nur wenn genug Platz und eine räumliche Trennung da ist, kommt es zu keinen Konflikten.

then we’d better get started!

yeah it’s great isn’t it‽

baconreader here. best media display behavior, hands down.

hoping for baconreader, personally