Honestly the clown has more or less been dropped. I hardly see him anywhere.

I imagine this is why many people that might consider it just dont. It’s easier sometimes to just do the expected things at the expense of one’s self.

What kind of cost is that?

I get where they’re coming from. Moderating a huge online presence where people can make posts about things is difficult and costly. But… It’s their platform and they’re in charge of it. So… It kinda sounds like they have to.

For most people, why get a nuc when you can get a laptop? Nuc fills a niche.

It’s part of the experience.

The third party apps actually dying was the topping point. But it seems there’s still much growing to be done

Fair, but for lemmy to truly take off, people need to be actively posting and commenting. If people don’t have interest in that, lurkers won’t come.

I’ve been thinking this. I get that reddit is a huge platform, but that’s exactly why we should let them figure out their own mess. It’s not our problem.

I wonder if internally, they’re panicking.

I’ve been hearing a lot of bad things about asus lately. It’s really disappointing. Did their leadership change?

Feels like a good time to bring it back

Yup, gaming and at this point I’m pretty entrenched.

I’ve tried Linux multiple times and might try it again, but usually it comes down to gaming.

I’ve commented plenty enough but did definitely decide often that it wasn’t worth it. I do try to consider people’s interpretations of things I say, but words still don’t always come out as intended. Sometimes I’d hava a hit. Occasionally I’d be down voted somewhat heavily. Usually I’m stressing over what I say and it gets maybe 10 upvotes…

At this point I’ll probably still do that contemplating before posting thing, because frankly, despite it not really impacting my life, it can still hurt to be down voted on a comment you carefully wrote and curated.

Same for myspace. When was the last time that was relevant?