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Posted a neutral review, got banned
On Etsy, I was asking questions to some psychic named GypsyyyTarot, and I posted a neutral, slightly negative review after a reading. He or she told me my error in how I read a disclaimer, and told me to go fix my review, so it was completely positive, then said "Sadly I'm not going to be able to do this order for you as now I'm unable to trust this client relationship any longer. You'll be refunded at the end of the day. Thank you and be blessed." in response to an order I made for asking about the disclaimer, which I didn't need.
Some people don't take criticism well.
To stop this from happening again, I might talk to the seller before I leave a bad review and make sure they won't ban me if I need to make a negative review.
I wanted to leave a note about this on Etsy, then realized I could leave it elsewhere, Reddit maybe.
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Hello, everyone!
I recently realized I was very much sick and tired of Reddit. It has simply become incredibly unfun to me, and as such I have elected to seek out a suitable alternative, and this one seems quite sufficient. I look forward to getting to know you all.
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Hello, everyone!
I recently realized I was very much sick and tired of Reddit. It has simply become incredibly unfun to me, and as such I have elected to seek out a suitable alternative, and this one seems quite sufficient. I look forward to getting to know you all.
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Heya! Weird experiment here for helping community/instance discovery!
lemm.ee Hey, so there's a circus to your left, a carnival to your right, and a mall ahead, which way do you go? - lemm.eeI have a funky idea, so this is both a genuine convo starter and an experiment in getting eyes & posts here, so uhh, I hope this is cool!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1378961
> Had a realization with the cross-posting feature, so I'm giving it a try. > > This isn't my community, nor even my home instance, and the fun idea is if this pans out as I think it should, small communities can get some attention, and each community/instance cross-posted to in turn gets some attention!
Edit: Hrrm. Kbin doesn't appear to have the same cross-post indicators, so this idea doesn't work as well on Kbin, but it's still a good method to potentially get attention to Kbin magazines across Lemmy, so there's that.
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I'm not ok
I tried writing a post explaining why, but it's just too much, and too many personal details and having to explain things going years back, it's just to much. Very very long story short I'm disabled, about to get evicted, and can't find a suitable place to live and not mentally strong enough to live somewhere unsuitable again becuse it almost killed me the last times I had to. But ike I say, there is a lot more to it that makes it too big a mess to explain.
And I only have a couple of people supporting me and they're not available and I'm spiralling in to the dark places where this is all heading, and I figured I'd shout in to the void and see if anyone answers back.
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Would you vote for a politician that used online voting software to determine the stance they should take on every issue? Would love to hear your thoughts and suggestions.
I've been thinking a great deal on systems that would help enable direct democracy, something I feel is vital in our increasingly centralized and polarized political world. In my eyes, votes are the eyes of the country - they are the best way for a governmental system to understand the needs of its populace.
A lot of that has gotten lost in our representative republics, none of which are true democracies, which in the past have been too unwieldy to implement after the population reaches a certain point.
However, now we have the technology to enable direct democracy, pretty easily too. If we had a politician with the will and the right system to implement it, I could see it being revolutionary if it were copied on a wider scale.
Some caveats
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The voting system is secure and only open to the politician's constituents
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The voting system allows commentary with your vote
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Votes are held for every piece of legislation
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There would be a submission form for constituents to directly submit proposed legislation for review by the politician
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Proposed legislation is published well ahead of the vote
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The system provides an auditable paper trail, but personal anonymity in the detail of the results
Would love to get other folks opinions on this, both from a technical and political perspective.
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Do you ever feel like you're chained down by your past - things you can't let go of, things you wish you could still do?
And like there's this person that you were, and this person that you are going to be, and the person you are now doesn't know how much you need to get rid of past you to make room for future you. And you feel overwhelmed in this decision and become paralyzed, not actually moving forward with the conscious decisions of what to let go, and things start to fall away but you don't know if those are the right things.
I've just feeling like that for a while. I know there are things I need to let go of, but when I try to do it, it causes me great anxiety and I stop. I'm just wondering if anyone else ever feels the same.
Thanks for listening.
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Indiana Jones has been rocking the same attire for 30+ years. Do you know anyone similar in real life?
It's actually 57 years if you start the counting from when he got the hat in The Last Crusade's prologue in 1912 to the newest one that takes place in 1969, and 34 years if you start counting from the first chronological movie, The Temple of Doom that took place in 1935.
Anyway, I made the realization that it's a bit ridiculous and made me curious if anyone knows good stories about people who've been using the same get-up for a long, long time in real life.
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Reheated pasta in my favorite bowl that I'm aware is non-microwavable. Who's up for crimes before my fingerprints grow back?
Here is a picture of the bowl in question, although not of the pasta. https://imgur.com/a/FxztNSU
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If you were given a choice between a fancy boat or a fancy car, which would you pick? You can't sell either.
I'm not sure yet about my answer
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Chat...what watch are you wearing?
Okay so I like watches, but also I'm poor so I have to be pretty sparing with what I buy.
Right now I'm rocking a Timex Weekender with a pride themed NATO strap. I call it my summer watch.
What about you?
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Regret
I'd been raised to avoid things that weren't fine with my parents, but lately, I'd been trying to see the other sides through their writing (blog, novel, review, discussion, etc) and I regretted not doing it sooner. A lot of the things there would've helped me to become what I want to be.
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Why do fast food places give out so much sauce? I got 4 chicken nuggets and some fries, asked for mayonnaise for the fries, they gave me three packets. Got honey mustard for the nuggets, and they gave
Why do fast food places give out so much sauce? I got 4 chicken nuggets and some fries, asked for mayonnaise for the fries, they gave me three packets. Got honey mustard for the nuggets, and they gave me two tubs of it. Are people really using 1.66 oz. of sauce on 4 tiny nuggets?
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What is your ideal environment for relaxation?
Everyone has some preferred environment that helps them relax. For example, you may like a walk through a forest on a sunny day, a hot bath or shower, watching a movie in the middle of the night with friends, reading a book by the window during light rain, etc. What do you like the most?
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I changed my avatar o: I thought it suited my name better, and the art I had before was a game sprite I made!
I changed my avatar o: I thought it suited my name better, and the art I had before was a game sprite I made!
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Pretty interesting video. An academic look at UFO-based religions past and present. From the description:
Pretty interesting video. An academic look at UFO-based religions past and present. From the description:
> > > A subset of New Religious Movements draw inspiration from the complex constellation of beliefs surrounding UFOs and intelligent extraterrestrial life. Scholars call these: UFO Religions. But what are they all about? > > > > To learn more, check out the Handbook of UFO Religions edited by Dr. Ben Zeller. Brill, 2021. > >
https://kbin.social/m/highstrangeness/t/52582/UFO-Religions-Explained
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What would be your last meal on death row?
Mine would probably be - A smorgasbord of a Cacio e Pepe, Greek marinated octopus, various temaki, cold smoked salmon with poached eggs on top of a perfect baguette, vegetable tempura, chocolate lava cake, and crème brulee.
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Doing homework while the inlaws are over can be a challenge in of itself when I keep peeking into Kbin on the side...
Doing homework while the inlaws are over can be a challenge in of itself when I keep peeking into Kbin on the side...
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@chat Testing what happens when I tag this account from Mastodon, please forgive for any unintended consequences
@chat Testing what happens when I tag this account from Mastodon, please forgive for any unintended consequences
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decided to finally write a proper bio other than "schizo weeb" lol. hopefully if people are confused by my weird views or what I'm about they'll get a better idea with it? I'm not really sure what to
decided to finally write a proper bio other than "schizo weeb" lol. hopefully if people are confused by my weird views or what I'm about they'll get a better idea with it? I'm not really sure what to put in my bio. I just went with views/hobbies and a disclaimer lmao
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So fathers day will be celebrated on Sunday, June 18th in US, UK, CA & more. Do you have anything planned?
I thought this would be a good reminder as well. While I am not a father myself, I spend time with mine usually, doing whatever he has planned for the day. We're not really much for exchanging cards and such. I think time spent together is an ample way to spend the day overall.
Are you planning anything? What do you usually do for fathers day?
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I bought a scale three months ago and I lost 40lbs since then.
At 32 I'm fitter than I've ever been before.
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Matrix chat for m/chat. For friendly casual discussion, feel free to join up! The link is in the sidebar, check this thread for details.
The topic of conversation is general, friendly civil discussion. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you're unfamiliar with Matrix- the process of joining is fairly simple. Follow the prompts on the invite link below and create an account/join.
Element seems to be the main software to access Matrix chats at this point in time. It's available on desktop through your browser or in a native client if you want to download it. If you're on mobile you may need to check out the Element app. Look forward to seeing you there!
Please keep in mind that this is a brand new chat so it likely will be moderately paced for the moment but it would still be awesome if you stick around.
Invite link: https://matrix.to/#/#m\_chat:matrix.org
Why not go with/add a Discord? For the moment our community is still growing and I have no intention of splitting what will be a modestly paced chat into two. Matrix does well to fit the federated ethos here, so I have decided to go with it for now. If you've never used Matrix, give it a try- I hadn't either before creating this chat.
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Curious, if you were/are a Reddit user, will you be leaving the platform for good or have you already? CEO has called unpaid moderators' concerns "noise", that will be "passing soon."
> > > There's a lot of noise with this one. Among the noisiest we've seen. Please know that our teams are on it, and like all blowups on Reddit, this one will pass as well. The most important things we can do right now are stay focused, adapt to challenges, and keep moving forward. We absolutely must ship what we said we would. > >
Source: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/06/13/reddit-ceo-blackouts-no-revenue-impact/
This was a few days back, but I think it's important to bring up for the moment. This is just completely convincing me that those running Reddit are entirely out of touch with their moderators and the well-being of their users. Does this make you want to leave or just rub you the wrong way? Have you already left for good or are you still open to using the platform now that more subreddits are reopening?
I've personally deleted the Reddit related apps off my phone and replaced them with the webapp for Kbin for now by adding the site to my home screen, until an app is developed and released.
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Super excited about our community (m/chat) reaching 500 subs/700 comments in just over 3 days.
Hey all, we just ticked over the 500 sub mark. It's been very encouraging reading your stories of how you've found this community, the wider fediverse and reading what you have to say! I am confident we can continue to grow and keep the same friendly vibe going forward.
If you see content here that you feel is engaging or interesting, don't forget to boost it and tick the up arrow so others will have a chance to see it outside of our corner of the internet.
Recently you may have noticed that federation has been enabled once again. What this means is that users from other instances on the fediverse will again be able to chime in and subscribe here, which is fantastic. It also means if you have a Mastodon account you can @ / mention the mag to get your post directly into the Microblog!
All good stuff! Anyways, hope you all are having a good one. Just wanted to express my enthusiasm for the future of our community here, as well as my gratitude for those of you contributing. Thanks for sharing a bit of yourselves here, looking forward to what the future holds.
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Has anyone else been losing track of time in the Fediverse?
I've heard other people talk about falling down Reddit holes over the years, but I was never this engaged on Reddit. I posted maybe a handful of times. I'd usually browse r/popular/top set to desktop version in Firefox on mobile without logging in. Here, though, I'm literally losing sleep and hours pass because the energy, the immediateness, the sense of joyous participation are all so intoxicating. Is this how you're experiencing this? I want to know.
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y’all, today has been a day. between stress at work and moving to a new apartment in something like 9 days, i am finding it difficult to motivate myself to move a muscle, let alone do anything productive.
how are y’all? is everyone else holding up okay in the face of all this social media shakeup, and anything else you might have going on?
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Mastodon Discovery Thread
Anyone else on Mastodon? Let's connect! I follow like 15 people, I desperately need more interesting people in my feed. Let's do it like this: fill in the form below in the comments. I'll start!
- Interests
- What you post
- Username
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Hey all! Testing functionality and connectivity between Mastodon and kbin.social. This should show up in the microblog of m/chat?
Hey all! Testing functionality and connectivity between Mastodon and kbin.social. This should show up in the microblog of m/chat?
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What's the furthest you've been from your home? What was the experience like?
I once took a trip to eastern Europe (multiple locations) which took me about half way across the world from where I'm at. I think I'd have been closer to home if I went any further east or west at that point.
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I just got done exercising by choice for the first time since 2016.
I'm entering my late 30s, and my body isn't taking care of me because I have not taken care of it for most of its adult life.
I went rollerskating on a local trail/walking path. Skating is much more fun than running; I absolutely hate running when it's not to save my own life. It was not very smooth, so it was particularly difficult. It was pretty though, and I feel great now. I went 3 miles in all. I had fun, 8/10, would do again, but on a smoother path next time.
Lately (past 3ish years) I have been struggling with finding the motivation to do the simplest of tasks, but my partner went to work and I was bored. I figured, "why the hell not?" baby steps.
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I became a dad two weeks ago!
Any advice and/or stories from early parenthood anyone wants to share would be appreciated!
Edit: just wanted to say I'm reading all the comments and appreciate everyone. The newborn is keeping me busy!
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Should m/Chat have an accompanying Discord or Matrix?
So I was mulling over the idea of adding a Discord or Matrix chat in the bio. Would anyone want to participate in a chat for this magazine? If so, which platform would you prefer to use? I have noticed that other magazines have Discord links in their bios, which seems alright.
In general it would be for casual, friendly conversation about daily life and whatever interests you. Do you think this is a bad or good idea?
Let me know what you think, it would be greatly appreciated!
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Outside of this, do you use anything that could be considered social media?
I originally had signed up for a few social media platforms in their early days but over time I felt that I wasn't seeing what I thought I wanted to see. As companies started tailoring their algorithms things started to get less relevant to my interests. As a result I left behind those platforms for a couple of years before discovering Mastodon instances.
It was basically everything I thought social media should be, I would again get updates from people I followed and in a chronological order without a mess of advertisements. There was no push to show me content I hadn't even asked to see, so that was really refreshing. I only recently realized that federated content platforms and their protocols were so versatile, given what we're on now feels very different from Mastodon. I can't help it but I am more than a bit excited about the potential!
What's your story? Do you use anything that could be considered social media or have you in the past?
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I PASSED MY COURSE! Time to graduate!
I was sooo worried I wasn't going to make it with my rushed final essay but I did it with a 75% mark! Maybe my course staff are just forgiving? I read the feedback and there were a lot of good points where I could have changed or expanded upon things...It doesn't matter now because I'm graduating in a month. IT'S HAPPENING! I took way too long getting my degree but I finally did it.
I dread what comes after and how I can make a living with my fancy bit of paper but at least I can say I did it.
I had to say something since I just got my mark back.
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As a kid, i never understood how my mom could chow down on celery all day.
Now I'm here, doing the same thing! What foods did y'all grow to love over time?
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What's something good that happened to you today?
The world can be a pretty strange place, but it's good to look back and find at least one thing that was good to you today. Be that a nice conversation, a cool picture you saw, a song you heard... whatever! But if you didn't find anything good today, here's your sign: go do one thing for you, right now. Even if its just a moment of peace, take it and make it your good thing for the day.