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Yes. For communities that on Reddit were small to medium size there was a critical mass of people to sustain large, lively threads, particularly during live events. Lemmy currently lacks that, outside of the letter tech, politics and meme communities. And for the smaller communities, activity can be almost non existent.

Then the federated nature of Lemmy allows for duplicate communities on different instances. This is not inherently a bad thing, particularly for larger interest areas as it helps prevent a particular sub group from dominating discussion in an area. But fracturing of smaller communities can make just finding an active one more difficult. I know that this is a feature in many ways, but it does have tradeoffs that have to be acknowledged.

I dunno, but his dirty old man era was wild

Holy shit. I honestly thought this was bullshit so I had to look it up.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/29/us/politics/nikki-haley-finish-them-israel.html

What in the actual fuck

I feel like this could be used to describe any tech company that "innovates" or "disrupts" an area.

The race was yesterday. Today was just the parade

I regret clicking into the comments to find the answer

Honestly, seeking compactness/shortest lines can create gerrymandered districts too. It can result neighborhoods or population centers being split into multiple districts and having their power diluted.

Drawing convenient/straight boarders can have lasting negative impacts. Just ask the British.

The solution is... Complicated. David Wasserman did a great piece on this many years ago for 538. It's worth a read

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/hating-gerrymandering-is-easy-fixing-it-is-harder/

I feel seen and possibly attacked.

Fwiw Connect has the ability to block instances

I've been considering reading these books. This might just be the thing that pushes me to start.

That's a great call. I forgot about that movie. That is a good take on a slasher while also making fun of the genre.

I love Mel Brooks movies, but I think they're just straight spoofs. For example Blazing Saddles while great and did such a great job skewering Westerns that it has been argued it killed the genre, it just isn't a Western in it's own right.