theDoctor

@theDoctor@lemmy.sdf.org

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If in the era of federated social media, large tribes/collectives/factions will develop - which one would you join? (possibly with reference to SF e.g. Expanse, Star Trek, Dune)⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  None. The beauty of a federated system is that I can stay in my home and still interact with all of those groups should I choose. If using the local function is important to you, then whichever community you are interested in.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, the non alarmist view here is that they are planning to use data provided by the various stores (Steam, Epic, etc) to determine installation count.

  Not defending Unity, I haven’t done enough research to have an opinion on the change; but this take seems to correlate two things that probably aren’t related. Plus, what’s easier to do: build a system that tracks specific installs of specific games to specific hardware or to ask Steam and Epic for install counts over the last X months.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  AI Tools - plural. ChatGPT predominantly runs on Azure infrastructure. Microsoft also owns GitHub with its associated copilot. And now all the Microsoft product specific copilots.

  Not trying to defend their usage, but there are several forests here that are quite visible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'FUCK SPEZ': Reddit Users Unite to Turn r/Place Mural Into a Protest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again. The fact that these articles are making fairly large headlines is proof enough that this event is backfiring.

  A couple days of engagement traffic do not outweigh the negative PR and advertising impact from this event.

  If you were a company, you might think twice before advertising on a site that has their users actively, publicly, and loudly trashing on the CEO. It says a lot that it’s happening in the first place. Says even more that they aren’t able to stop it.

  Also, look at the activity numbers here. I’m not trying to trash on Lemmy, but we are a drop on the bucket. It’s far more effective for us to be visible and loud than silent and ignored.

  For clarity sake, I’m not encouraging anyone to go do anything, nor the other way around. But if you want to, ignore the comments, saying that this is going to say, Reddit with traffic and engagement from you if you go. It clearly isn’t, and your loud protest is valuable.