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Jaluvshuskies Jaluvshuskies @kbin.social

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Consider not deleting your comments when you migrate
  • That's what I'm going to do I think. I understand the pain from removing comments that have and would have helped people, but reddit will continue to profit off of that information, which they absolutely do not fucking deserve. Those people that were helped, have already been helped. New users seeking information will have to search elsewhere

    Something has to be done to the existing data in order to get more people away from the platform, and there is an absolute plethora of information so I don't even think the people doing this will have a large enough impact as we'd like (though, I could be wrong in estimating how many people are rewriting their comments). At least, future content creators have already moved away so a lot of "new" information shared on reddit will be on the decline, or less of an incline

    If I've written any guides or posts that are helpful, I will repost it over here and edit the original post on reddit to remove the content and redirect them here which will also inform more people about the fediverse. The people who needed the help have already seen it, and anyone else seeking the information will hopefully be pulled away from reddit and to a better platform. There -has- to be a point at which people move away from reddit for information, so that other places like kbin can grow into a more suitable replacement with just as much, and eventually, more knowledge

  • Consider not deleting your comments when you migrate
  • I really really like this answer. I've been torn on rewriting my comments & deleting the account because I have some useful information, but I absolutely do NOT want reddit profiting from OUR knowledge and help for people anymore. It's entire success is built on the people helping other people

    Though for some things I'm torn on reposting to kbin because they haven't been updated in a while or might not be accurate anymore

    For example, I wrote a MASSIVE "returning / new player guide" for Vindictus, which is a very old MMO with a small community. It has been super helpful for a lot of people in the past, but as you know, MMOs update and change a lot so it's definitely out of date, but not entirely. Even if I gave the raw message and all of it's images to someone else to re-write the post, the community is so small and it would be hard to find someone who would even care. So it would be weird to just repost a partially outdated guide. Know what I mean?

    Some other examples are niche within other games. So like for the game Control, I posted a guide on how to fix a bug for x thing. Or for Outriders, I posted a farming method for a resource or something

    Do you have any advice for me?

    Also, do you or does anyone else here know of a way that I can back up all of my comments and posts locally, like to a txt or some other text source?

  • Favourite game music?
  • Ori and the Blind Forest + Will of the Wisps, hands down

    Edit: behind the scenes soundtrack

  • Looking for wireless mouse recommendation - currently using Steelseries Rival 650 wireless
  • I'm honestly not sure. I know my pickiness is making this really difficult and I might have to comparomise somewhere, but I'm not a fan of the asus chakram design that much. I'm hoping to get away from annoying quirks anyways, so maybe it wouldn't be for me either lol

  • Looking for wireless mouse recommendation - currently using Steelseries Rival 650 wireless
  • I think I definitely have more of a relaxed claw, I used to have a suuuuuper bad claw grip but it got slightly better over the years

    I use all 3 for a lot of games, so going down to 2 would be tough. It would probably have to have a lot of perks to make up for that

    Oh, I forgot to mention that I love heavy mice, at least right now. Maybe because it being heavy makes it feel more premium and so less cheap? So I have a lot of weights put in this mouse

  • What's your favorite 3rd person games (no 1st person)?
  • Oh man 3rd person is my favorite, so boy do I have a list for you. It's so hard to keep this short lol

    • Control Ultimate Edition
    • Hogwarts Legacy
    • Any of the Zelda games (but really the classics, so using an emulator)
    • Star Wars Fallen Order + Jedi Survivor
    • Splinter Cell games
    • Warframe
    • Vindictus
    • Black Desert Online
    • Assassin's Creed games (I enjoy both the "og" games and the "new")
    • Risk of Rain 2
    • Valheim
    • Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
    • Outriders - got a lot of hate, but our group of 3 had a lot of fun in 155 hours for the cost
    • Tomb Raider games
    • Star Wars Battlefront 2 Classic
  • Gaming @kbin.social Jaluvshuskies @kbin.social

    Looking for wireless mouse recommendation - currently using Steelseries Rival 650 wireless

    Just to start off, I absolutely love this mouse for these reasons:

    • I love the led style (it's enough, and not obnoxious)
    • Material of the mouse itself + material of side grips (for thumb and pinky)
    • 3 buttons on the side; I don't want more than like 4, and I like how my thumb isn't resting on the buttons normally
    • Sleek design, and it's small-ish size and arch is perfect for my small hands

    Rival 650 wireless

    My only issue is that it randomly disconnects (wirelessly) and then reconnects, maybe once every 3 days. I use the 2.4ghz dongle, not bluetooth. I had already went through troubleshooting with support who gave me a new dongle. My dongle is maybe 5 feet from the mouse, on top of my tower

    Some pics

    Preferably, I would also like a mouse with more battery life, I feel like if I don't charge it overnight then it'll run out of battery, so I plug it in every night (which isn't the end of the world, but a minor annoyance)

    I know wireless devices won't be perfect, but I can't stand feeling the cable (or seeing it even, I know they make bungees) so I can't go back. Are my occasional disconnects going to always happen no matter what mouse I get? I would love to see some recommendations if you guys have a mouse you think I would like that almost never has issues

    Edit: Also forgot that I like heavy mice, hence using the added weights inside the Rival 650

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    What Search Engine or terms do you use?
  • This has me really, really interested.

    For someone like me who used reddit exclusively for finding information, would this be a replacement that is the same or better? I never like random clickbait articles or sources that are sketchy, and I never know which are legitimate good sources of information, so I just stuck with reddit

    I loved reddit because I would be able to find dozens of threads about my question, with dozens of comments and discussions around the subject. I could read through real enthusiasts answers and actual genuine experiences, which I consider extremely valuable. I take each comment with a grain of salt since obviously one random internet person might not be right, so I read many comments and put them together in my head, to decide on a best solution

    Another reason is because I could almost always find an answer to my specific question. Super specific niche computer problems with answers that won't break your PC, custom rom for OnePlus 8t, yubikey configuration, bitwarden, financing, best money management software, cooking, intermittent fasting, I could go on

    But, I didn't just use it for information, I also used it to get help about something (like asking questions or following up on a discussion) - but that's probably more going to be replaced by kbin

  • YSK that kbin.social is now federating, adding hundreds of communities and ~26k more users content - Lemmy.world
  • Can someone please ELI5 federation to me? I keep seeing threads and comments about this but I don't understand the concept. Does federation essentially just mean connecting all different instances and platforms across the fediverse which is how I can use kbin and see all the content here even if it's from Lemmy?

    edit: thanks everyone for the answers :)

  • Anyone else feel like their body began falling apart in their 20s?
  • Kind of, but not fully. It's more like I'm aware that the reality is I have to start being careful even if I'm still considered "young", more like don't do any stupid shit

    I swear, since the day I turned 28, anytime I stand in 1 spot for more than 30 seconds where I lock one of my knees, if I then adjust or move, I get fuckin rice crispy knees LOL

    I had my gallbladder out in my late 20s, but that's more caused by gaining 50 lbs in college and then losing 20 lol

    Other than that, that's basically it so far, thankfully. I don't really have back pain or other stuff. I have a sedentary job (I'm in IT) where I sit at a desk almost the entire work day (we do 1 walk), but I also can take a 1.5 hr break if I go to the gym instead of 1h, so I do that instead, which helps my health. I'm trying to do tennis on Tues and Thursdays as well

  • How much of an impact is the protest really having on Reddit?
  • Since you touched on a subject I've been torn on, so you will continue using reddit as a source to look up information - what if you have a follow-up question or anything that would be easier to continue discussion on reddit, in order to solve problems? Or will you strictly use reddit to look up information across threads, read comments, and that's the most they'll get?

    Eventually, I hope that the fediverse/kbin will have so much more content that I can switch to that instead

    There are just sooooo many niche questions and answers that I can find on reddit, and not just 1 person's opinion, but like 10. Literally anything from questions about tinting your cars windows, to birthday ideas for an engineer who loves cars, to christmas ideas for people who have everything already, to how to get yubikey working with oneplus8t, to real study tips for certifications, to that very very specific issue that's crashing your PC but can't figure it out. I want to continue finding information given from people who are genuinely interested in sharing and teaching, not making profits

    That's my only gripe bc google sucks ass. Curious to see how you're handling it

  • *Permanently Deleted*
  • o7

    fuck spez

    I have relied on using reddit as my google search for literally any topic or question I would have. I've had lots of laughs, met a lot of friends, and helped a lot of people. I have learned sooooo much from other people on a topic I was so lost about and most of the time they were extremely helpful or nice

    I'm nervous that kbin might not become the new source of information (since google absolutely sucks ass). If anything it would take a long time to grow just purely out of members and data, considering reddit had to grow in order to be my search database. Either way, I'm hopeful. This place feels cozy

  • I did it. I deleted all my Reddit accounts.
  • This has to be bumped up higher, I think people are still deleting their accounts before making sure their comments are either staying deleted or rewritten!!!

  • I did it. I deleted all my Reddit accounts.
  • Can you provide a link to the "noise" memo that was leaked? I must've missed it because I haven't heard of this. If it convinced you and was the final straw to delete your account, I'd be interested in seeing it as well

    I'm more set on overriding all my comments, but I'm still on the fence about deleting the whole account. At least, once I know with 100% certainty that they won't be reverted back to their original states (if possible)

  • Reddit may be bringing back deleted comments
  • Same here - but Boost user. I am strongly considering editing all of my comments (I'll have to look around and see if there are any ideas of a copy/paste format I can just use) which I think could be more valuable than deleting

    But I'm not sure if the next step, deleting my account, would be more hurtful than my edited comments. It would be something like "this comment has been wiped in protest of spez's api changes that blah blah dont want free profit from our shared knowledge" compared to the comment still existing but my username being removed

    I'm just so torn on deleting the account with all the history and people I've helped and met along the years. I guess I just need to hear a convincing enough argument to help me pull the trigger lol

  • Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts
  • I loved the way you wrote this for some reason. Very clear and well-informed

    Probably like most of us, I use reddit as my search for quite literally almost any question or research I do - and this was done multiple times a day

    I honestly have no idea what I'm going to do to find information. I absolutely LOVED reading real people's real and genuine with anything. Tech, cooking, intermittent fasting, specific games, guides, custom android roms, careers, I could go on forever. And I would look across dozens of threads and even more comments, and then smash them together in my head to come up with the most likely accurate answer to my problem. And let's not forget when dbags or misinformation is dowvoted to oblivion!

    As a techie, I can't even count on my hands how many times I have found someone random person having the same completely random and specific PC issue that I had - and they showed what they tried, what didn't work, then I look in comments and find 6 different valid potential solutions. It was absolutely glorious and so useful

    I hope that somehow, something even greater emerges from all of this that fills in this "need". I don't think reddit will ever be the same, and now I'd feel dirty using it to find information even if most of it will probably still be there

    EDIT: wanted to add that I'm also worried because reddit was so easy to use and user friendly (at least in the ways we modified it lol) which made it really easy for people to join and add to the mass amount of information on the platform. I'm concerned that kbin/lemmy won't work as a true replacement because they don't seem nearly as straightforward