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[–] BoisZoi@lemmy.ml 142 points 11 months ago (4 children)

!piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

/r/Piracy is just a bunch of memes, and this community actively talks about piracy, it's ethical philosophy and taking control over your media. There are people who pirate everything regardless of circumstances, but for the most part, I'd argue its people who have been burnt by companies whom they trusted.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 34 points 11 months ago

/r/piracy is just a bunch of memes

Because otherwise it would get instantly banned. You don't host piracy communities on social media, it's well known

[–] tias@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (13 children)

I disagree that it actually talks about the "ethical philosophy." Basically either you join the echo chamber saying that there are no ethical problems with piracy, or you're downvoted to oblivion. The responses are along the lines of "idc, I want free stuff." That makes the discussion redundant and uninteresting.

[–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Hey there's long fledged out discussions on the nuances of... how very ethical piracy is

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[–] billgamesh@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Idk if it's still there, but devs of lemmy mentioned wanting to make a place you could actually talk about piracy. I buy things when I can DRM free, and when I can't I'm really glad this community exists

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[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 47 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Gotta be !imageai@sh.itjust.works. The weekly community challenges are really cool and I don't think you could find a better space to experiment with and learn about AI artwork. The userbase is knowledgeable/skilled on the topic and also has good vibes.

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 22 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Personally I don't see that as a good thing. Reddit had a thriving community of active art sharing subrrddits, Lemmy only has a few barely active art coms and instead floods All with ai-generated images.

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

A) just block the community

B) Lemmy also has active !traditional_art@lemmy.world communities, it just has less activity in general. We can have an infinite amount of communities on this platform, for both topics. It's not a zero-sum game

Why do you think the existence of the AI image community is hurting the other art communities on Lemmy? I'm subscribed to and enjoy content from both.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not a zero sum game, but there are not an infinite number of eyeballs looking nor is there an infinite supply of content at any given time. If the majority of "art" floating to the top is generated, it will change how people view the platform.

Maybe the AI "art" community being the first to thrive will mean actual artists get a bad first impression and avoid Lemmy. Maybe people do block it and it becomes a problem only visible to those who don't already "get it" and just block.

There are many reasons why it could hurt the community. How do you fail to understand that?

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[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 11 months ago

Automation will steal our jobs!!

/s

[–] Rebels_Droppin@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I feel that. There's is a lot of ai art here and it's a little off putting. Reddit did have a lot more to share but it comes with the user numbers for sure.

Shameless plug, but I've been really trying to keep up with daily posts at https://lemmy.world/c/crtart if you are looking for a non ai art community.

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[–] thelsim@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aw, thank you!
That’s so nice to hear :)

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You're a good egg. Our server is lucky to have you

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[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 34 points 11 months ago (2 children)

!stick@sh.itjust.works is a pretty unique community on the Lemmyverse.

[–] MojoMcJojo@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago

Are you a dog?

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 26 points 11 months ago (2 children)

(abstract) The overall dev community here. This place has a lot of the extremely capable bleeding edgers, the people capable of changing the world for the better with a couple weeks of thought.

[–] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

where do they mostly lurk ? I want to piggyback on these worldchanging devs

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 3 points 11 months ago

I also edge until i bleed

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 21 points 11 months ago (4 children)

The Tom Swifty sub has been locked without explanation for a year on reddit. But !tomswifty@midwest.social is thriving!

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

TIL about Tom Swifty jokes. It's like a pun on steroids. Brilliant!

[–] AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Was it locked permanently due to the Reddit API changes perhaps? Or was it before that?

I know some subs did lock indefinitely, but Reddit forcibly reopened some I think.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 4 points 11 months ago

It was a couple months before that, actually. I wouldn't talk shit about a community that shut down in protest.

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm gonna need someone to explain what that is a little more. I'm super confused.

[–] Nemo@midwest.social 7 points 11 months ago

It's a type of joke where the spoken line relates to the described manner of speaking, usually in a pun, eg.

"Salmon is just the best," Tom said superficially.

The adverb "superficially" sounds like "super fish", which describes Tom's attitude towards salmon.

[–] HarbingerOfTomb@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

TIL we have a Tom Swift community

[–] ByGourou@sh.itjust.works 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

!femcelmemes@lemmy.blahaj.zone I'm sorry.

[–] LazyPhilosopher@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago

Dude same! I fucking love those memes

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago

!ich_iel@feddit.de
Technically, it has an equivalent in r/ich_iel. But that's a generic German meme sub, while the fediverse version is dominated by half a dozen users making memes about their private life. It has a weird-as-fuck soap opera love story between a cow and ramen noodles, hero worship of a bright yellow superhero fighting against parking offenders, and genuinely interesting insights into the German public train system.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

https://sh.itjust.works/c/theonionwasright

[!Theonionwasright@sh.itjust.works]

I also made one for Aldi fans, surving past 40, and ethical consumerism. I would love for more fun discussions and recommendations posted on these. It's really hard to get people to post.

https://sh.itjust.works/c/aldi https://sh.itjust.works/c/survivingpast40 https://sh.itjust.works/c/ethicalconsumerism

[–] Meltrax@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago (3 children)

One post? Kinda seems like less of a community and more like you promoting the spaces you have created. Which is fine, but not really what the question was.

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Hi there! Looks like you linked to a Lemmy community using a URL instead of its name, which doesn't work well for people on different instances. Try fixing it like this: !theonionwasright@sh.itjust.works

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[–] OlPatchy2Eyes@slrpnk.net 9 points 11 months ago
[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

[!Tinnedseafood@lemmy.world]

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Alright since we're self promoting:

!howtimeless@lemmy.ml

It tries to quantify "how timeless" a song is based on its lyrics, by tracking the etymology of words and phrases to their earliest occurence. It then forms a score based on the terms.

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[–] ryrybang@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Excellent. Didn't know about this one. I've been diving into conservas a lot lately with some diet changes, so this is super.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lemmit.

Yeah, you can downvote if you want. The point being that Lemmy's niche communities are kind of dead, because it's not really big enough to sustain them yet. Lemmit at least provides a bridge so I can see the ones stranded on Reddit.

[–] pelletbucket@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)
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[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)
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