My first reaction to Concord’s record-breaking failure was sympathy for all the staff who had worked on and polished the game for years. All that dedication, passion, and effort, wasted.
Then, I found out the game had been live service, and my reaction could be simplified to one word: GOOD.
Well, it hasn’t been entirely bad. Constantly reminding myself to add qualifying statements is something I don’t miss, but rewriting my comments for improved clarity is good. It’s easy to forget that English isn’t the first language of many Lemmy users, so I’m in favor of being more specific about the subject, instead of using words like “they” or “it” too much.
Also, there’s a good chance that people are reading my comments while they’re on the toilet or watching TV. Maybe they’re not paying 100% attention lol. A little extra specificity doesn’t hurt!
If that’s all it takes to drive them away, then we’re probably better off without them. We don’t need people who post with the sole purpose of “earning” karma.
Defensiveness. Overexplaining myself because I didn’t expect people to give me the benefit of the doubt, and I knew that if I left any room for interpretation, people would assume the worst version possible. (I didn’t know what “sealioning” was.)
It’s important to remember that this had happened slowly, over a period of years. If it had been as bad as it is now back when I first signed up, I wouldn’t have put up with it. Initially, reddit just seemed like a bunch of normal (but sometimes weird) people. It wasn’t until I discovered Lemmy that I realized I wasn’t being myself, and that every time I posted, in the back of my mind, I was expecting the worst.
Good riddance.
It took me a couple months to fully leave years of bad reddit habits behind. I didn’t realize how deeply ingrained they’d become. The toxicity had gradually snuck up on me.
Whoever’s in the lead vehicle is lucky as hell
I love this one. For me, it’s never dead. It lives eternally in my heart.
We don’t agree politically, but that’s beside the point. Welcome! Congrats on escaping reddit, and I hope you enjoy Lemmy!
Because they’re NORMAL. Only the fanatics force Linux into every conversation possible. The normal ones just read the insane comments and roll their eyes. They know better than to get into an online argument with the obsessed.
I say this as an Apple user: most Linux users are pretty normal people. Some are like the most annoying Apple evangelist I’ve ever encountered.
Yeah. Sounds odd, though. Now I have a better understanding of translators who insist on being literal vs. translators who are willing to bend the rules slightly in order to clarify what the speaker meant.
Wonderful. This makes me happy.
Some things don’t translate well, though. “My beetroot”?
Will 4.0 include mining for copium?
The best possible outcome here is that it drives more people off the platform. Frankly, I’m annoyed that so many people still use twitter. I’m in favor of anything that makes it less user-friendly.
Many more to go, but this is encouraging news
Spam and scammers are their bread and butter now.
They’re doing you a favor. Get banned from the entire site and enjoy the freedom.
Not much of a gamer myself, but I can understand the appeal of getting an updated version of one’s favorite game.
Last night I assassinated Joe Momma in bed.
Until today, I’ve been thoroughly in favor of supporting Ukraine. Since Ukraine isn’t going to get any support from the next administration, rushing out a final aid package (if the current administration can even manage that) only seems like it will briefly delay Russia’s slow victory.
I’d like to be shown that I’m wrong. Please comment if you have an outlook that’s more positive than mine.