thanks! this post made me try out thunder, and I have to say it’s my favorite so far! sync is way too flashy, the standard font is way too small, the condensed feed view options (smaller cards, list, compact) are virtually all the same shitty list view, and it’s too floaty and zoomy.

thunder on the other hand gets all the little, but super-important things just right; how one-finger zooming of pictures is so smooth, how the download button is in a logical spot and is responsive to show the succeeded download; how the preview in the feed is just the right size; how collapsing comment chains is smooth and not disorienting. great app, thanks for the recommendation!

oh and I couldn’t care less if an app is open source, closed source, pay-to-use or not, as long as the UI is good. I’d just block ads anyway, or try to find a ripped version (revanced etc) – but having an app that’s not reporting home is of course even better!

Danke für den Link! Hab gleich mitgemacht.

Was? Vögel und generell Naturmotive wären super, wir haben genug schöne Natur hier auf die man stolz sein kann! Also ich persönlich bin immer neidisch auf lateinamerikanische Länder und ihre coolen Naturmotive am Geld. Außerdem würden sich damit endlich schöne Spitznamen für einzelne Scheine etablieren (“He, hast du ne Taube für mich?” - “Das Fahrrad kostet ungelogen 3 Eulen!”), absolut geil und notwendig!

Flüsse oder Bauten in schönen Landschaften wären aber auch ok, Kulturwerke auch aber ein bisschen ausgelutscht (jaja Dampfmaschine, jaja Beethoven, hören wir endlich auf uns einen darauf runterzuholen), der Rest (Silhouetten…) wäre mir zu abstrakt, da kann man gleich lustige geometrische Muster nehmen.

Haha ein guter Jokus. Danke auch dass du mich damit an die Umfrage erinnert hast! Ich hoffe stark ihr habt alle schön die Vögel, Flüsse und Werte/Naturlandschaften raufgewählt, die sind mit Abstand das beste! Kulturwerke und Hände wären auch ok.

schöne geschichte, leider liegst du damit absolut falsch. es gab zuvor schon konsultationen mit der bevölkerung und mit experten zu den möglichen themen, der gestaltung und dem vorgehen überhaupt, siehe zum gesamten vorgang hier: https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/redesign/html/index.de.html und zur zusammenfassung der ergebnisse der bisherigen beteiligungsprozesse hier https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknotes/future_banknotes/shared/pdf/ecb.executive_summary_new_banknotes.de.pdf

EU policy is so hit and miss because the EU Parliament mostly has our backs, and is introducing good legislation protecting consumers of corpo overreach (like the roaming directive). The EU Commission on the other hand has only the interest of the EU countries’ governments in mind, which makes many of its proposals rather shitty of the common citizen. Also tells you a lot about what the actual national governments stand for, when somebody else is doing more for the citizens than they are.

I thought about this comment, and realized that somehow, I just don’t care so much about what happens to Reddit anymore. Instead of worrying about what I left behind, I’m looking forward to what’s ahead of us.

I think it’s because even before the whole 3d-party-app drama, there already was this undefined feeling that Reddit’s best days are behind it. Maybe it’s the effect of ad money and monetization, or it’s the inevitable trend towards low quality content that comes with mass adoption, probably it’s both.

Whatever the cause, in most subreddits, the old Facebook-style rot had already set in. Once-cool subs now being an endless barrage of tired memes, bots farming karma, and people being assholes. The things I joined for years ago, the engaging discussion, random encounters with amazing experts, the cutting-edge internet anarchy, it’s all already long gone.

When I opened the app (Baconreader in my case), I only did it out of habit, to then spendy time scrolling through an endless list of things that made me slightly go “heh”.

So, maybe most people will stay on Reddit for now, and probably I will have to leave behind certain communities instead of finding direct replacements. But I see that as a good thing. As long as even just 2% of Reddit’s users make it here, I’m excited it will grow into something much better than what I left behind.

I thought about this comment, and realized that somehow, I just don’t care so much anymore. Instead of worrying about what I left behind, I’m looking forward to what’s ahead of us.

I think it’s because even before the whole 3d-party-app drama, there already was this undefined feeling that Reddit’s best days are behind it. Maybe it’s the effect of ad money and monetization, or it’s the inevitable trend towards low quality content that comes with mass adoption, probably it’s both.

Whatever the cause, in most subreddits, the old Facebook-style rot had already set in. Once-cool subs now being an endless barrage of tired memes, bots farming karma, and people being assholes. The things I joined for years ago, the engaging discussion, random encounters with amazing experts, the cutting-edge internet anarchy, it’s all already long gone.

When I opened the app (Baconreader in my case), I only did it out of habit, to then spendy time scrolling through an endless list of things that made me slightly go “heh”.

So, maybe most people will stay on Reddit for now, and probably I will have to leave behind certain communities instead of finding direct replacements. But I see that as a good thing. As long as even just 2% of Reddit’s users make it here, I’m excited it will grow into something much better than what I left behind.

Arschlochständer sind das. Von Arschlöchern unter kompletter Realitätsverweigerung geplant, um irgendeine Quote zu erfüllen, weil’s gefördert ist und der Platz schon da war und es ihnen egal ist, oder im schlimmsten Fall, böswillig um dann sagen zu können, es wird ja gar nicht angenommen also ist kein Bedarf da.

Solche Leute sollte man zu einem Jahr Zwangsradpendeln verdonnern.

Yes please! I’d love the ability for electronic money transfers (even offline!) without being dependent on private service partners like fucking Google, Apple and Mastercard.

Maybe explain it more as a payment standard, a protocol, not so much as another currency.

Logisch und direkt? Die 3rd-Party-Apps zum Abtreten von Werbeeinnahmen zu verpflichten wäre logisch und direkt gewesen. Mod-Tools konsequent weiterentwickeln und für Profi-Zugang etwas verlangen wäre logisch und direkt. Video-Hosting auslagern anstatt unbedingt alles Inhouse im Walled Garden haben zu müssen wäre logisch und direkt.

Ein Interview ablassen, indem man das absolute Trainwreck “Musk übernimmt Twitter” lobt und als Vorbild (!) ansieht, es sich ohne Not mit der Userschaft und den Mods verscherzen, und wenn es dann zum Aufreger wird auch noch auf stur schalten, aktiv den größten Wert den das Unternehmen hat (die Authentizität der Userpostings und Userzahlen) zu untergraben, und die Angestellten aufs Durchhalten einschwören, während man sie aber gleichzeitig vor tätlichen Übergriffen warnen muss (!), ist alles andere als logisch und direkt.

why would people care about the name that much? to me it sounds like a linux CLI command. I mean, “grep” is a funky word too… but that doesn’t mean I won’t use grep when I have to pipe text around in the CLI! what a funny notion, honestly.

it stands for the app. that’s literally all it stands for. I don’t understand why that would be a bad thing though.

why? what’s bad about calling something wefwef? it’s just a few repeating sounds. seriously I don’t get it.

Honestly I don’t understand this take. I mean we all just came from a site called “Reddit”. How does that have anything to do with if we use it or not? And caring about if it’s a “cool” name or not, and then suggesting something super generic and boring… seriously, how old are people who think that way? Are you all twelve, and worried about what your friends will think about you when you’re using weirdly-named apps? Who would give a fuck?

And I want to make it clear that I don’t just object to the argument of choosing another blander name, but to the the notion itself that having boring, unimaginative, derivative, bland and sanitized branded names somehow would be better than unique ones. How simple-minded and devoid of all fantasy and joy and frankyl, a sad life that must be to think that!

whatsapp’s killer feature was “no killer features, just a messaging app with number-bound IDs and good UI that even my grandma can use with minimal setup”. for anything like that again I’d change, but the minute they think they need to add something like numberless IDs, or stickers, or a social media feature, or a payment system, they can fuck right off.

and smaller screens? 145 x 65 mm would be perfect! and anything larger than 150 x 70 is too big.

before leaving as in before switching to another community while browsing? or as in when you unsubscribe? and what if I never leave

or we could just all stop caring about the vote count instead! why even pay attention to that? I’d honestly rather have two good comments on a post than 300 upvotes, or view counts, or whatever. couldn’t care less about any of those.

If you decide on TNG, make sure to look up viewing guides on TNG (they should be around here somewhere). Like most Star Trek series, they’re off to a bit of a bumpy start, and I’d heavily recommend only watching the last episode of season 1, the five or so highest rated episodes of season 2, and then jumping in fully at season three. You can come back later to rewatch what you missed, but it will make for a much more pleasant start.