DiabolicalBird
@DiabolicalBird@lemmy.ca
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 1 day ago:
Sorry for the delayed, haven’t checked Lemmy in a bit. This is a topic I very much want other perspectives on.
It’s not distro specific, more so when I’m looking for help with specific issues that are often not distro specific. I don’t really post to ask, I look for solutions first and then ask after exhausting all other options.
Doesn’t really matter where I end up; some distro’s forum, Reddit, Stack Overflow, Lemmy, etc. I always end up finding dickheads telling the OP to learn how to use search or berating them for not understanding the issue enough to provide the exact information they want (yes, they can’t help without the right info but they don’t have to be dicks about it). Or they’re just super condescending when giving an answer. I tune them out and scroll past for the actual answers, but they’re there in a good chunk of posts I find.
I can see how it would be incredibly discouraging for someone making the leap for the first time. Tech communities often forget how little the average user knows about computers.
- Comment on Microsoft still can't convince folks to upgrade to Windows 11 5 days ago:
100% this. The Linux community seems very hostile to people trying to learn. The amount of times I’ve looked something up just to find a thread answered with “learn how to use search” or people just being outright mean to someone who is just figuring the basics out…
The year of the Linux desktop is never until the comnunity gets its toxic shithead problem under control.
- Comment on Why is kindness often viewed as a sign of naïveté? 1 month ago:
They’re the assistant manager, it’s literally their job to help manage the team. Don’t do stupid shit in front of management and you won’t get in shit, it’s not rocket science.
- Comment on The small scale of Lemmy's active user base is never more evident than in the absence of active members in all the sports related communities. 3 months ago:
The shit in these comments is why Lemmy is doomed to be a minor platform that will inevitably fizzle out.
Seriously people, there are other interests besides Linux and politics. If we bully out other interests from starting communities on Lemmy it’ll never grow out of obscurity… some may like that but I’d personally like to see it grow into something that can actually compete with Reddit.
I say this as someone who doesn’t like sports at all, but we have these magical things called filters for people like me!
- Comment on Gaming chat platform Discord in early talks with banks about public listing 6 months ago:
Matrix needs more time in the oven before it’s ready for widespread adoption.
I really did try to make it work (for months) but it’s a buggy and unpolished experience, everyone that tried it with me ended up going back to Discord and Signal for communication.