garrettw87

garrettw87 , 11 months ago to Fediverse in What happened to Vivaldi Social?

Love reading stories like this, imagining myself in their shoes, as I am a web dev. Thanks for posting.

garrettw87 , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in List of subs people may find familiar

@Tygr @herpderpedia Kbin does not support !community links just yet, but it's in the works on some level. Linking to Lemmy communities from here can't really be done without the full URL, which does mean one would have to provide two links - one that works on Kbin, and one that points to the original instance.

In related news, linking to Kbin magazines is currently a bit borked as well, because the only other syntax that works (@magname) is assumed to refer to a user account and not a magazine.

garrettw87 , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

That's a good point, lol.
No, according to The Verge's article, they say that users don't like the current system:

“First, many don’t appreciate the clutter from awards (50+ awards right now, but who’s counting?) and all the steps that go into actually awarding content. Second, redditors want awarded content to be more valuable to the recipient.”

And there are hints as to what may be slated to replace it:

While Reddit hasn’t specified what the new system might look like, Android Authority may have dug up some clues. Based on code in the Reddit’s Android app, Reddit appears to be working on a “contributor program” that would let users cash out gold or karma (basically, points you get for posts, comments, or giving awards) they receive into real money. Reddit didn’t respond to a request for comment sent Wednesday about Android Authority’s article.

OTOH, this post in r/ModCoord posits a different explanation:

By getting rid of awards, Reddit is unloading a business liability. Because all those existing coins could buy ad-free Reddit.

garrettw87 , 11 months ago to /kbin in Will you recommend making an Mastodon account if I already have an kbin account?

Do you need to? No. But I do have accounts on both and will keep it that way, because they’re just completely different experiences and Kbin isn’t to a point yet IMO to fully replace Mastodon on the client level.

garrettw87 , 11 months ago to RedditMigration in Reddit is ending Reddit Gold and users are furious

And yet somehow they say that’s their reasoning - that they’re trying to become profitable.