collegefurtrader ( @collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de ) English142•11 months agoDo you people just hate anyone who receives money?
No. But focusing on supporting one single app instead of the platform is not sustainable for the platform. This meme is just a reminder to support the platform as well.
ShustOne ( @ShustOne@lemmy.one ) 30•11 months agoI haven’t seen a single call to action to donate to Lemmy other than the static sidebar on desktop. Something like that would be far more helpful than complaining about previous Sync users continuing to donate to Sync. Nothing is being taken from Lemmy, Sync already had a big user base and is bringing many of them over here thanks to the app. Let’s call to action to them to donate to instances instead of complaining.
collegefurtrader ( @collegefurtrader@discuss.tchncs.de ) English15•11 months agoWho are you speaking of? How many users are on sync versus all the others?
h6a ( @hernanca@beehaw.org ) English6•11 months agoMy opinion is that what matters is how much money each part of the network receives.
For example, instances tend to be transparent about their funding. And we can see that some of them are just months away of being out of cash. Meanwhile, we see people subscribing(!) to a very expensive app that charges $20 to remove ads (and tracking and data collecting) otherwise.
I think is okay to keep people aware of these things. Getting defensive about it is just a waste of energy. For both sides.
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 6•11 months agoI agree with you. It’s not to attack sync users, it’s just to remind them that there’s an entire ecosystem dependent on donations
sabreW4K3 ( @sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf ) English30•11 months agoCrabs in a barrel
grrgyle ( @grrgyle@slrpnk.net ) 3•3 months ago*bucket
snatches at one of your aft claws get back down here you hothead!
traveler01 ( @traveler01@lemdro.id ) English28•11 months agoYes that’s what commies do.
fishtacos ( @fishtacos@lemmy.ml ) 39•11 months agoYou just gave away you have no idea what communism is.
traveler01 ( @traveler01@lemdro.id ) English8•11 months agoPlease, enlighten us.
Bantha ( @BanthaFood@feddit.de ) 20•11 months ago“Communism is when the government does stuff.” -The wandering spirit of the head of a very real University
- dingleberry ( @dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.de ) 4•11 months ago
It’s what mainlaind Taiwan started with.
fishtacos ( @fishtacos@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 months agoI’m gonna need some real sources for this… And maybe even a definition.
OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) 4•11 months agonOt TrUe CoMmUnIsM
fishtacos ( @fishtacos@lemmy.ml ) 1•11 months agoYou would need an example to talk about that.
You smooth brains really stretch far for a meme eh?
Dam, I feel bad for people like you.
- EremesZorn ( @EremesZorn@beehaw.org ) English9•11 months ago
My initial impression of this instance is that Lemmy.ml is a short step away from Lemmygrad.
Ganbat ( @Ganbat@lemmyonline.com ) English5•11 months ago🤡
grrgyle ( @grrgyle@slrpnk.net ) 1•3 months agoPeople in general are very interested in the politics of who deserves recognition (in whatever form) over others. Fundamentally it’s about an instinct towards “fairness.”
MiDaBa ( @MiDaBa@lemmy.ml ) 80•11 months agoI saw an earlier post that showed Lemmy’s recent rapid growth followed by a plateau and then slight decline. My feeling is that there is a very LOUD minority of Lemmy users that are trying to act as self-anointed gatekeepers and they’re bringing the platform down as a direct consequence. It makes the platform look petty and small to new and existing users alike. If the top posts are continually about shaming other users then this platform isn’t going to last. Let’s focus on building communities and having interesting conversations rather than one upping each other.
JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) English8•11 months agoWhen Sync lauched it was all anyone was talking about. I don’t see the memes for and against Sync as people actually upset I just think it is the meta topic of the week. Like when beans were a meme following the “how can I not poop for three days?”
cinda ( @cinda@feddit.uk ) 4•11 months agothat may or may not be the case, but the reality of the situation is that it makes the whole foss community look a whole lot more off putting
GFGJewbacca ( @GFGJewbacca@lemm.ee ) 2•11 months agoI just wanted to tell you how happy I was to see the Netscape logo as your icon. Brought me back to the old days of the internet.
JackbyDev ( @JackbyDev@programming.dev ) English1•11 months agoThanks, I’m glad it made you happy. I love how it manages to get so much detail despite being so low resolution.
Cjwii ( @Cjwii@lemm.ee ) 6•11 months agoThey spent a month shitting on reddit now there’s something new to shit on
stappern ( @stappern@lemmy.one ) 4•11 months agoLol yeah right
slaytswiftfan ( @gaytswiftfan@beehaw.org ) 4•11 months agoagreed and it’s slowly pushing me away from using lemmy
Rusty Shackleford ( @RustyShackleford@programming.dev ) English1•2 months agovery LOUD minority
self-anointed gatekeepers
top posts are continually about shaming other users
Crabs in a bucket. No one’s allowed to succeed, unless everyone™ does.
db2 ( @db2@sopuli.xyz ) 78•11 months agoOh fuck off.
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 24•11 months agoBe kind
db2 ( @db2@sopuli.xyz ) 49•11 months agoYeah, I’m not going to “be kind” to divisive bullshit, I’m going to call it out. Every time. Someone’s pissing on your shoes and you’re telling the person telling them not to to “be kind”. 🤡
lukini ( @lukini@beehaw.org ) 35•11 months agoThe meme is indirectly insulting anyone using sync. It’s not being kind. Why be kind back?
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 3•11 months agoHonestly, I feel like it’s mostly targeted at LJDawson, not the users.
OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) 5•11 months agoIt’s even more shitty to target him, imo.
stappern ( @stappern@lemmy.one ) 2•11 months agoIt’s a meme,it’s not insulting anybody…
lukini ( @lukini@beehaw.org ) 5•11 months agoMemes are often used to poke fun at people and topics and this one is overused.
CobraChicken ( @CobraChicken@lemmy.ca ) 7•11 months agoHey are you db2 from reddit who used to be into vapes?
db2 ( @db2@sopuli.xyz ) 6•11 months agoYeah among other things
CobraChicken ( @CobraChicken@lemmy.ca ) 4•11 months agoOh wow good to see you here! I remember you from the early days when we had less than 6k subs there!
It used to be such a fun, vibrant and exciting hobby and community. It so sad to see how regulations basically strangled the life out of it. It’s very nice to see familiar usernames pop up here and there!
db2 ( @db2@sopuli.xyz ) 2•11 months agoIt feels like early reddit without the fuckery doesn’t it? 😆
CobraChicken ( @CobraChicken@lemmy.ca ) 2•11 months agoTotally! Not just that, the user base also feels different, sorta how reddit was before it became mainstream
macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 65•11 months agoThis whining is so pathetic.
Zetta ( @Zetta@mander.xyz ) 64•11 months agoIt’s more like one dev made the best user experience on lemmy, so people give him money. At least that’s the case for me.
Scrithwire ( @Scrithwire@lemmy.one ) 15•11 months agoSame. Dedicated sync for reddit user, now that sync for reddit is dead, I’ll follow the sync dev and support him with my Dollars
STUPIDVIPGUY ( @STUPIDVIPGUY@sopuli.xyz ) 57•11 months agothis is dumb, sync is free
stappern ( @stappern@lemmy.one ) 11•11 months agoIt’s literally not Free.
bjornp_ ( @bjornp_@lemm.ee ) 13•11 months agoIt literally is. All premium options are a choice.
Ad removal lifetime is $20, Ultra (which brings extra features) is subscription based and a little more expensive.
quantenzitrone ( @quantenzitrone@feddit.de ) 8•11 months agofree is considered to mean libre not gratis here
sync is proprietary
stappern ( @stappern@lemmy.one ) 7•11 months agoyou have ads on lemmy bud, nobody else does
stappern ( @stappern@lemmy.one ) 6•11 months agowasnt talking about price but considering there are ADS in it that are not normally on lemmy even the price doesnt hold up
nickwitha_k (he/him) ( @nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org ) 7•11 months agoAd-supported software is not free.
Rusty Shackleford ( @RustyShackleford@programming.dev ) English2•2 months ago“Freemium”
CobraChicken ( @CobraChicken@lemmy.ca ) 40•11 months agoHey OP why don’t you start by sharing your donation receipts to Lemmy?
Roundcat ( @Roundcat@lemmy.ca ) 38•11 months agoLeave reddit cause you can’t use your preferred app anymore. Come to Lemmy, and get beat over the head for your choice of preferred app.
bradmont ( @bradmont@lemmy.ca ) 37•11 months agoWho let spez make a Lemmy account?
coehl ( @Coehl@programming.dev ) English36•11 months agoWilling to bet the lemmy platform is more likely to get support from the type of person that would also pay for an app like sync than it is to get money from people that like to grandstand like OP.
Gur814 ( @Gur814@beehaw.org ) English10•11 months agoI’ve donated to Lemmy, Beehaw, and Mastodon and came here because Reddit killed Sync. Lemmy is full of gatekeepers and it’s bringing the platform down. Half the posts are whining about reddit and the other half are whining because someone doesn’t adhere to the perfect open source ethos and shun anything not completely free. It’s getting tiring. No wonder Lemmy’s active user count is decreasing.
coehl ( @Coehl@programming.dev ) English7•11 months agoI’m thinking the sync app will entice enough people with… differing views that the in-place gatekeeping will lose its bite.
I appreciate the FOSS ecosystem, but the people around here seem to think that you should never be able to sustain a living from writing software. Like I should just go back to construction and only write code on the side.
That attitude can kiss my ass.
OceanSoap ( @OceanSoap@lemmy.ml ) 3•11 months agoDon’t forget all the frothing at the mouth to talk up how wonderful communism is.
spookedbyroaches ( @spookedbyroaches@lemm.ee ) 34•11 months agoWhy would people do this? We want the hughest amount of users we can, and for most people to believe in FOSS or even copyleft philosophy, but this just pushes people away. Just use whatever app you like best and maybe donate to incentivize the app you believe in. But to just relenlessly mock non-FOSS apps only hurts the community and doesn’t foster growth.
chri_ho ( @chri_ho@feddit.de ) 20•11 months agoI downloaded Sync and thought wow nice ui, maybe I sould buy the adless version. Then I thought wtf, why is this so fucking expensive?
sudostartx ( @sudostartx@lemmy.one ) 17•11 months agoThat developer guy must have gotten very rich if we all 20 Lemmy Sync users bought his app.
I wonder what’s the percentage of Sync users vs the rest, seeing how passionate some are about Lemmy, it probably means they are inundating Lemmy developers with donations and just want us to do the same.
SmoothSurfer ( @SmoothSurfer@lemm.ee ) 16•11 months agoNo one is more hated than he who speaks truth
macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 18•11 months agowhat truth?
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 5•11 months agoThat the entire ecosystem is dependent on donations. If this new social media thing is going to work out, we need to divide our donations to all actors involved: developers, instance admins, and thirdparty app developers. It’s easy to forget the people behind it
macniel ( @DmMacniel@feddit.de ) 10•11 months agoAaand you can only donate to one project? So only donating to a frontend developer it would harm the developers of the plattform and providers?
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 2•11 months agoThat’s my thought at least. Donating to all actors involved would be best, but it’s easy to give the frontend developer all the love, because the work that’s being done behind is less tangible and harder to really see.
SmoothSurfer ( @SmoothSurfer@lemm.ee ) 2•11 months agoThey have no idea what they are down voting. They do it just because it is against sync. You are just stating we should support foss devs. They literally are just bunch of fucking idiots that probably came here just by following others. It would be awesome if they could just fuck off from fediverse and go lurk in reddit.
Kresten ( @kresten@feddit.dk ) 2•11 months agoYup, this entire thread is confounding to me
Holzkohlen ( @Holzkohlen@feddit.de ) 16•11 months agoThis image is awful. Rich assholes would never allow the pipe to drip.
Pyr_Pressure ( @Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca ) 14•11 months agoNot sure I would call the dev of sync a rich asshole. It’s only one dude and the app is livelihood. He is very responsive to input and very good at what he does. It’s a great app. Or it was, for reddit. Currently still some growing pains but impressed how well it is considering it’s been only one month.