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[–] asudox@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Found this out from that subreddit: https://dansup-open-letter.github.io/

~~That's very interesting. It did change my view of dansup.~~

edit: just like the comments said, most points seem to be exaggerated and mostly bs upon a closer look.

[–] rikudou@lemmings.world 9 points 1 week ago

Many of the points are bullshit and that's without even having any context, it's evident from the posts themselves.

Like the part where he allegedly "threatened legal action" - all he was saying is that outside fedi/oss that would mean a legal action, sounds like pointing out the advantages of oss/fedi, not threatening a legal action.

[–] Fizz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I would urge you to re-read that and scrutinize the claims because I do not think that should ruin your view of Dan. Think about the claims and ask your self if you really care about those points.

That letter comes off as extremely pathetic. The guy is human. Nothing said there was crazy or rude or worth canceling support for a over. None of the nitpicked points had nearly enough evidence or context for people to make a judgement. The presentation was extremely bias and borderline untrue.

For example "I am also in talks with @hazy! to join our team" is not an official offer to join the team. Yet this letter presents it as a set in stone offer that Dan went back on for unjustified reasons. Dan gave his reasons why the offer fell through and if he is to be believed (and if he isnt) then the negotiations fell through and thats normal and ok.

Another example. This letter says Dan is so mean to his fellow fedi devs calling them rats. Then shows 3 instances of Dan clearly responding to attacks against him. Why can these "fellow" fedi devs attack dan but Dan cannot defend himself? The comments for Dan were unbelievably tame. He does not call fedi devs rats he calls some of the people attacking him rats. There is a big difference there.

I would push back on any example in that doc (except the open source one) because they all seem very stupid.

People start these projects as a hobby and users expect higher than corporate level professionalism its insane. You want people to be human but you dogpile anyone who acts human.

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[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 week ago

Most of these devs would have cried if they met Linus Torvalds in his prime.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Can someone highlight the salient points from all that? What's his deal?

[–] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Typical infighting with open-source folks. It's a personality war with nerds. Personally, id ignore the bs drama. Every project has their share.

Source: I contribute to open source and have absolutely gone nuclear a few times

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[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Can people even make semi anon accounts for reddit anymore. It seems unless they can finger print you and associate your account to real ID, they won't let you post.

Even if you slip through, the account will get banned within days

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

I had 3 alts all get banned at once with my main, I commented on the front page with an alt that was supposdely banned. They were all logged into the app tho thats easy enough to notice (it bothers me that they claim I was evading a ban? like id be smart enough to at least use a vpn and not login all my alts into the same app on the same phone if it was for evading a subreddit ban...)

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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I feel like the default view should be "All".

Also it would be nice to be able to view "All" for a community that shares the same name across all federated instances.

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Quite unfortunate. I still have my account, but in 2023 I swore never to post or comment on Reddit ever again. Their loss, but I'm happy to welcome anybody to Lemmy that has taken the plunge. I know we need messengers/recruiters to grow, and I'm happy for everyone going there on our behalf, but I am sticking to my vow.

[–] 3dmvr@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Theres just a niche subrddit for everything, thats its one pro, but then you realize everyones just showing off and gatekeeping or trying to sell you something

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[–] TORFdot0@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Joining the fediverse isn’t hard. If you can’t figure out the onboarding process, it’s because you were looking for a reason to not join.

[–] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 9 points 1 week ago

Yes but the process can be improved and it needs to be improved

[–] Pofski@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

i remember that for me the only issue was which instance to join, just because i didn't understand instances. Could you see other instances, do you have to create a username on each, Is you username automatically on all of them. Can every instance see your posts, etc... I don't blame some people for being scared to switch to something new after spending a big part of their life somewhere that they got used to and build a "community".

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