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  • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Meta’s ‘friendly’ Threads collides with unfriendly internet

    “If an account or server, or if we find many accounts from a particular server, is found violating our rules then they would be blocked from accessing Threads, meaning that server’s content would no longer appear on Threads and vice versa,” she said.

    “With federation, the metadata that big platforms use to tie accounts to a single actor or detect abusive behavior at scale aren’t available,” said Stamos. “This is going to make stopping spammers, troll farms, and economically driven abusers much harder.”

    I like how Meta (and an ex-Meta) is framing interoperability with the fediverse that they are the ones that’s potentially going to be the problem, lol.

  • Dr. B@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    Good morning guys, I don’t have Facebook anymore so just wanna ask if Threads and Egg Party(which PaoLUL played) is popular right now?

    • rman0159@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      Threads is becoming popular among users because of Twitter’s reading limits implemented by Musk. However, there are other users switching to alternatives like Blue Sky and Mastodon.

  • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    9·
    1 year ago

    I decided to deactivate my Threads account. Yes, I know it’s still there and I can’t delete it. But at least it’s away from public view.

    Nakakairita how the influencers/celebrities inorganically generate engagement by posting dumb questions… which then gets recommended to me. Balik Mastodon na lang ako where it’s peace and quiet.

    • ExploringLiterature@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      On the fence with deactivating threads, as (thankfully) influencers haven’t spilled over their junk content threads onto mine.

      But with the fediverse coming extremely close to threads, i might deactivate soon without even so much of a “hello who’s there” post on threads lmao

        • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
          4·
          1 year ago

          Ah. HAHAHAHAHAH! No one’s willing to make that joke, huh?

          Edit:

          Nvm. Someone actually made the joke:

          The MMDA article and now a MILF article? I’m starting to think CNN’s Filipino branch is trolling us with their choice of acronyms.

    • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
      6·
      1 year ago

      I sometimes wonder if desalination is a viable solution to our water problems.

      But then again, it might be more cost-effective to just build more dams to store water during the rainy season.

  • sparkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Normal ba na agawan ng isang 13 yr old na agawan at itago ang mga laruan ng 2 yr old? Pag may bagong toy kasi ung kapatid nya, sinisira, tinatago o naagaw nung kapatid nyang 13 yr old.

    • harry_nola@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 year ago

      Ah, oh. You need to give the talk. If you can talk to your thirteen year old in a way na hinde accusatory or pagalit.

      Is is possible that she/he/they need attention, and maybe talk it out?

  • rman0159@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Crossposted from the orangered place:

    It seems many of my workmates have resigned for greener pastures. Parang gusto ko nang mag-resign sa current ko dahil mababa yung binigay na salary increase recently. I’ve been looking for other jobs sa ibang companies, pero not sure kung saan ang better. Baka i-lowball nila ako sa offer hehehe

  • ayel@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Ano ba magandang pangalan ng boyfriend??? Charrr 🫢 Good morning, Lemmy peepz 🌞

  • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Why do websites insist on using this font (Roboto, I think)? It’s very hard to read.

    It’s also the font on our ModMail, which explains why I often do not check our inbox.

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    • megane-kun@lemm.eeEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      I’ve seen design guides recommending Roboto as a body text font for whatever reason. I’d admit it looks “good”, but at the cost of legibility (same as Calibri). But if I want it to be “clean-looking” as well as legible? Good old trusty Arial is there. Though I would just usually stop thinking and just use Noto Sans, lol!

    • ExploringLiterature@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Personally I prefer Archivo Regular 400 and upwards and depending on use case, point size of the type can vary. The light versions are too thin imho. Futura and I do have some saved font collections but i forget the names. As long as the spacing between letters is good (aimed for readability, not for Taylor Swift quotes, with no attack on Taylor herself), shapes easily contrast from the background, provided that proper color is used too. Eh, but I’m just mindlessly rambling at this point lmao.

      Also, the all white and thin font is painful to look at (sorry). No option to customize to a high-contrast layout option? Me thinks Roboto would do well say in a dark background and neon colored font (thank you Microsoft VSC)

      • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldMEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Capriola and Montserrat used to be my go-to body fonts when I was still blogging. Granted, the audience was just me, but I thought it was very legible and looks good on a wall of text.

        Not something I would use on a formal document, however.

  • willnever_fadeaway@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    I’m really not used to working on my supposed day off, I’m feeling so lazy and unproductive at work right now. And I’m not particularly motivated to work on a good day lol.