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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nas’ 'Illmatic' Was the Beginning of the End of the Album⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Absolutely agree. I’d argue Blazing Arrow by Blackalicious is one of the greatest albums of all time. And that came out in 2002, eight years after Illmatic. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blazing_Arrow

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨MPA & ACE Rack Up Over 3,000 Pirate Site Domain Seizures⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The article mentions “Alliance for Creativity and Entertainment”. https://www.alliance4creativity.com/

  Looks like a group that takes down piracy websites.

  I assume MPA refers to “The Motion Picture Association”. They keep changing their name: “The MPA, originally called the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America (MPPDA) and later the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)”, then abbreviated to MPA.

  Just clarifying the abbreviations since it isn’t really explained/articulated in the article.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Gel and lithium-ion tech could enable 1000-mile EV range on one charge⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A bit misleading but yes, 1000km is what they are talking about. Also the article doesn’t address scalability.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Deep rock galactic looks like a fun game. I have several friends who play it but haven’t had the opportunity to pick it up yet.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but I feel like there is still fluctuation and more often than not a varying degree of activity and posts that it makes it hard to stick to just one (identical) community for now. I’m sure it’ll settle over time though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s pretty cool, I haven’t tried out Kbin yet, might have to check it out!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Same, on many topics. How would I know which community will have the most active, or none at all. It’s my biggest issue here. Not a deal breaker, but annoying.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why couldn’t one of the communities abandoned just be dropped from the ‘group’ then. Or have Moderators from several communities work together to moderate a larger one. They are still federated, just working together. If one becomes obsolete, defederate it or let it be. Why should I have to be subscribed to the same topic several times to find the discussion?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s a fair point, but one wins out usually, where with the lemmy numbers they seem to remain split with the smaller communities.

  I’ve been on lemmy for several months now and most communities are completely split and activity on any given ‘news topic’ (as an example) varies widely on 0-50+ comments for the same topic popping up on the feed from several identical communities from varying instances. (Which is why grouping might be an alternative solution)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I was just addressing my concerns with Lemmy, for now. One of my suggestions (grouping communities) is one that could solve some of the issues with op’s questions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Doesn't each community being local to each instance split the audience?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t feel like that answered the op question. As an example, every general ‘gaming’ instance that is federated can see each other, so I subscribe to every one I can find, but then I get some posts four times in a row (or more) with varying activity. (Hence the split community point).

  I wish communities could be grouped in some way.

  Either they go by the wayside or take control of a topic as of now.

  Also, what if I’m subscribed to the community that isn’t the active one, I have to constantly find new ones to keep up instead of just getting my feed for that topic?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Twitter / X is losing daily active users. CEO Linda Yaccarino confirmed it.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I never used Twitter actively but used it for announcements and live events happening. Now when I go to a page for updates it shows me (maybe?) the most active tweets from the past. For example, I’ll check the MLS page for game delays, the MLS page will have the post of a delay on their site, but if I go to the MLS Twitter it just shows posts from years ago about some goal that is so irrelevant for what I am looking for. I could list many other examples of how useless it has become…