I stayed on Reddit for the longest time. I've been a user since the mass Digg migration. I've continued to use the site less and less. However, it seems the site quality continues to decline and userbase goes us.

There are still a few good subs with active members but even those still have some issues. I think discussion on the internet on general has gotten significantly worse overall.

Digg died 15 years ago and it's not coming back to its glory days. We all left Digg for Reddit. I'm hoping for the day that's everyone leaves Reddit for elsewhere, as that place is a cesspool of shit.

They are sneaking something into his big macs that is causing him to live forever. Otherwise, he would have had massive heart failure by now. Of course, he might just have no heart. That is probably more probable.

Foobar2k is amazing and still has a very active community making extensions and plugins.

This is the best of the really big general trackers. It's not perfect, but pretty close for a tracker of its size. Much better than IPT and FL in my opinion. I use this more than any other tracker just out of convenience and the fact the swarms are always so big.

Oatmeal please. If you want to be anonymous on the internet, use TOR not a VPN.

I think it's the older way around. There are really only 3 or 4 countries where using a VPN to pirate is needed. I'm just willing to bet you live in one of those countries.

Jackett can be run on any computer. It doesn't need a server or any serious hardware. It can probably be run on a $20 Pi. It's just allows you to interact with trackers via API calls.

I use Prowlarr via Docker now a days. It's provides a much better experience to interact with othe instances of ARRs.

Appreciate the well thought out reply. I came to Lemmy for good discussion like this. It makes me happy to know that people with suffering points can still have a conversation on the internet without turning into a flame war or downvoted brigade. Appreciate you.

Whose ready for some AOL ultimate Frisbee?

To answer the question, I don't think they should be used for anything. Keep a small stack for a rainy day and get rid of the rest. There is a reason they are all it thrift stores and being given away for free. Their are much better alternatives out their for storage. Unless you are a hoarder. Then, just add them to your pile of crap you will never use/need again.

I have burned thousands of CD/DVDs in my life but maybe only 10 in the past 15 years or so.

Having a small community is a blessing and a curse. Reddit grew too large of a user base, and the quality of interactions took a significant decline around 2015 or so. I'm hoping Lemmy (and federation in general) can bring back what I found special about Reddit around 2009-2010.

I see some of the issues that Reddit has (one-word or low-effort comments, people not reading the article, atrocious grammar/spelling), but it doesn't seem to be the norm. I've been visiting Lemmy for around a year but have finally decided to stop using Reddit and become active over here.

This looks like something I would make with Bryce 3D back in the early 2000s but with better lighting. Really enjoy this.