Arotrios

ExpertPlus , 10 months ago to /kbin

Hey, I'm knew to KBIN, and already like it!

Question and issues:

• How do I set a custom display name for my profile?
• Is it possible to edit my username?

Thank you in advance for answering.

#kbin

Arotrios , 9 months ago

@ExpertPlus when logged in, go to https://kbin.social/settings/profile. Scroll down and you can change your username. There's no separate display name at this point.

Arotrios , 10 months ago to Fediverse

In my humble opinion, the Fediverse beats out all other social media types based on one simple truth - it's a fuckton more fun.

#fediverse

Arotrios OP , 10 months ago

I hear you - when starting out, you're not presented with a front-page or /r/all, so you do have to actively look for content.

My suggestion to you would be start following folks, especially across instances, and be liberal with your subscriptions.

Once I got up to about 100 folks on my following list, I started finding a huge amount of active communities to subscribe to through their posts and threads (I'm on Kbin, so we get both Mastodon and Lemmy), which further increased the reach of my feed. Right now, with about 120 folks followed and a similar number of community subscriptions, my feed is beating the pants off of the sad stale crap Reddit is delivering.

Arotrios , 11 months ago to Fediverse

I hereby triple dog dare Elon Musk to get a Fediverse account. Lemmy, Mastodon, I don't care. I just want more popcorn.

#fediverse

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago

Apparently I forgot my /s, apologies to anyone I inadvertently terrified.

Arotrios , 11 months ago to Fediverse

So after stumbling across this patently absurd bit of Russian propaganda from noagendasocial.com, I'd thought I'd stroll on over to the instance and see what the fuck is going on over there. After all, it's run by Adam Curry of MTV VJ fame and the so-called podfather, so it's gotta be just one bad apple, right?

Holy fuck, it's like walking into FSB propaganda machine made for Trumptards. That one bad apple is a power user with the top rated post, an anti-LGBTQ+ meme.

@adam what the absolute hell? You used to be cool when I was 8 and watching MTV. Did you lose your morality and ethics when you cut your hair?

#fediverse

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago

Oh look, the stupids are angry and have come out to play.

Dude, you're literally hosting the propaganda of a Russian foreign agent peppered with flat out lies, antisemitism and anti-LGTBQ+ tropes. This isn't a left vs right issue, this is you are literally hosting a foreign agent of a country that's a declared enemy of the US and is committing genocide as we speak issue.

Grown-ups clean house kid, and yours should be condemned. There isn't any such thing as free speech in Russia - there's no reason to give them the right they actively deny to others. Read up on the paradox of tolerance - there's a video there if you're having trouble reading the big words. To give them a platform means you're just as complicit in their crimes as they are.

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago

Dude, that's a really stupid meme, not a counterpoint.

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago

<insert pigeon playing chess analogy here>

Blocked, kid. You ain't worth the air I'd expend responding.

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago

And another childhood icon bites the dust...

Didn't realize noagendasocial already had a reputation, thanks for the heads up. Thankfully kbin can block by domain, but I'm vaguely curious to see if he'll respond.

Arotrios OP , 11 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

@adam

Holy shit. Given the source, I think that's best praise I've ever gotten in my life. I'm gonna go put that on my profile. @TokyoMonsterTrucker hit me up if you wanna go grab a beer to celebrate.

Seriously though, Adam, you need to take a step back and realize what your toy has become - you're gonna end up with blood on your hands if you keep letting this hate spread. Maybe take a night off and watch The Fisher King - I think it speaks to someone in your position, and when you've got Robin Williams and Jeff Bridges in the cast, you know it's gonna be good.

EDIT: A month later, and it's become clear I'm the one of the few dozens on the Fediverse who actually remember who Adam Curry was. No point in wasting the real estate on my profile for a troll fading into obscurity.