Oh for sure, I guess I should have said for the most part.

It sounds like he was severely trolled. Those aren’t real people, they’re either bots or paid accounts to make people leave. There are ways to counter act it, it’s too bad he’s given up. I wish him the best.

I really like the pre-identity thing, especially if you’re going to other types of activity pub applications or switching instances.

Only as a last resort and everything else has been tried.

Is it inside an annealer? There’s not much techy info in these links, but cool as hell.

They also want to control the headlines that make it to the front page like other major instances do.

Nahhh, Meta sucks ass and will screw you over in a heartbeat. What’s in it for them is the question.

From urban dictionary:

A website full of cynics who yearn for the approval of those around them, and anonymously harrass people online for not conforming to their community’s beliefs, which they themselves have religiously adopted.

“Boy ol’ gosh golly, I sure do love going onto Kiwi Farms and laughing at autists and liberals!”

Before you mistake the move as an act of resistance by those within the agency who are trying to keep the project alive, Direct File getting open-sourced was always part of the plan. The code was published in compliance with the SHARE IT Act, which requires agencies to share custom source code (though, of course, the Trump administration is not always motivated by following the law, so this wasn’t a given).

In a report published last year, the IRS explained its reasoning for making the code available publicly: “First, it would enable public scrutiny of that code and invite independent groups to assess its accuracy and report potential issues. Second, other tax administrators, both in states and internationally, could build upon and contribute to the IRS’s work, improving the robustness of the software over time and providing additional public value.”

I think you should try it then, see how much fun it is.

We get trolled a lot, that’s mostly what you’re seeing. They seem to be off schedule lately or the admins are handling them better, not sure which. I agree with being better commenters though, it would help the atmosphere.

Whoa, that’s cool. I hope lemm.ee goes there. I’m happy currently with sh.itjust.works, but it’s nice to know there’s another place to go.

Nah, Al Jazeera went batshit a few years ago imo. It’s also partially owned by the Qatar government, so it probably sways with them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jazeera_English

Stupid question time: Is piefed just part of activitypub or is it a lemmy instance?

I almost joined you. Thank you for all you did and I’m sad to see you go. I guess there’s a reason why it’s not that toxic on Lemmy, you guys were/are taking the brunt of it.

It’s fucked up: https://streamable.com/vaj7al

“Elon, we know exactly what that was, bruh.”

I didn’t catch that. They’re obviously POS and only care once they get caught. I’m glad the artist had articles written about it and support behind her. Maybe they’ll pay her now?

Update 5/16/2025 12:56 a.m. ET: Bungie has responded and blamed the incident on a former employee. The studio says it’s reaching out to the artist in question and conducting a full review of its in-game assets for Marathon. “We immediately investigated a concern regarding unauthorized use of artist decals in Marathon and confirmed that a former Bungie artist included these in a texture sheet that was ultimately used in-game,” the studio posted on X.

On Voyager, it acts a lot like RES on reddit. You can see how many times you upvote, I suspect it’s related to that.