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Good news for those who aren’t using Reddit anymore: this DT has almost twice as many comments as the one on Reddit. Thats good for us, since I and a few others were expecting a lot of people to zoom on back to Reddit the moment the sub reopened
One interesting thing I noted from a quick flick through, there seems to be a lot less replies to comments, but a similar amount or maybe even more upvotes than usual. Makes sense since the sub has about 600k members, and like 95% lurk (what’s that effect called again? The 90-9-1 rule I think?)
It probably won’t last though, I don’t think we’ll lose many people just put of losing interest at this point, but since Reddit is by far the larger platform and r/Melbourne the larger community, it’s just kinda basic maths that eventually more people will go to the larger community on the larger platform and start engaging there. But at least we have cemented ourselves as a solid alternative Melbourne community off Reddit!
The API changes haven’t actually hit yet. There’s a bunch of apollo/rif users about to get their access yeeted.
Yeah, I know. That’s why I’m still on reddit
I don’t think this will have any impact. I think the vast majority of reddit users, myself included, had no idea there was anything other than the reddit ap or desktop. I googled how many Apollo users there are, looks like about 2million. Reddit says it has 1.6 billion active users. I dunno if those numbers have any accuracy (zero fact checking) but I think the API date will be a wimper for user numbers not the bang it’s been hyped to be.
My snake plant is suicidal. The leaves are literally crawling out of the pot.
Made up for sleeping badly for a couple nights by sleeping a whopping 13hrs last night. Feel much better.
PAKIDGE! TIME TO PICK UP PAKIDGE
Picking up package at this hour?
So holy moly that’s a lot of sleep but I’m glad it’s helped you feel better
Yeh i have 24/7 concierge, its the best
Oh ok. I keep forgetting that, my brain was like she’s heading down to her nearest parcel locker 🤦♀️
Hehe no worries
13h sleep sounds like bliss.
I was today years old when I discovered that there was a comestible in the world called Deep Fried Spam Musubi. To be served with teriyaki sauce. Does anyone know of any place in Melbourne that sells them?
only had it in hawaii. each to their own but I only needed a small taste.
Like, there’s a cuisine that doesn’t exist in Melbourne? Aaaaarrrrrggghhhhhh. We’ll have to hand back our “most liveable city” brownie badge.
If it can be made into sushi, we’ll sell it here
I got some rare roast beef sushi at one of the places in the new/old Southern Cross once. Delicious. Wasabi and rare roast beef hit superbly with sushi rice and nori.
“cuisine”
(i kid, obviously, but…its kinda like expecting other countries to call dim sims “cuisine” when its the thing you turn to after a dirty night out)
I cant remember if ive had it but the muricans in my tea community adore it
I remember reading unsure if it was here or elsewhere, someone saying they didn’t think Lewis Capaldi would be making it to Australian shores and having a concert here. Turns out that person was correct, as he has cancelled his Australia/NZ trip
Had a crack at the bogan pop tarts. Not bad!
Nice! Did you do Nutella or jam?
so dumb
See rolling over the folds of my brain,
A heavy fog that covers the pain.
Debt repayments made to Hypnos,
Plus interest paid in cryptic symbols;
Dreams shift and morph with heartbeats,
Each moment a lifetime lived, a feat.
Seek refuge under the starry nightsky
Some dreams are meant to slip on byI like it, it’s pretty deep.
Decided to suss the smoking room here at JK airport (when in rome etc) and it is a solid compression session.
A staff member with tags walked in holding 2 beers opening the two heavy doors with her feet with an unlit ciggy in her mouth ready to go. Absolute pro compression session-er.
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Are we doing Wednesday?
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Omg so adorable, I was watching a video of a mother cat and her kiten and my mumma cat came into the room and started sniffing all around the speakers because she could hear the little kitten’s tiny mews . What a beautiful lady she is.
What a day! Hand stretched around 200+ pizza bases and hand peeled 60kg of potatoes. Bought avocado on the way home because guacamole is Miss Peeler’s latest food obsession. She and I made said guacamole when I got home. Took some time to admire my young Mr Peeler’s new avatar on WWE 2K22 and observe his wrestling game. Did a load of washing (just remembered I haven’t hung it up yet. D’oh!) Cooked dinner, did my exercises (day 3) cleaned the bathroom a bit and helped Mr Peeler (Luddite) with phone tech issues. Now I am laying in bed just blobbing out. But I must hang the damn washing. Bugger!
Wow. You must be exhausted
I am pretty tired and my feet are sore, but when I got home I hurt my thumb on the metal serrated strip on the baking paper box. It’s the tiniest cut but annoying af. It’s always the little things!
Sigh. Got the real inferior feels today. My co-worker somehow managed to interview and land a new job within two weeks whereas meanwhile I’ve been applying and interviewing for roles in the same areas over the last few months with no success and feedback ranging from ‘we hired internally’, ‘too much experience’ and ‘not enough experience’…ugh maybe I just suck at my job.
Linkedin and networking my dude, work hard at the current place but analyse the grass on the other side of the fence. I get a LinkedIn message from recruiters/head hunters at least once a month, and try to reply as often as possible. Any interactions within your company or with outside vendors, ensure they know you’re competent and approachable, and add contacts you get along with to LinkedIn to build a professional network. It does get disheartening going for roles outside of your range of expertise and being told you’re not aligned for the role, but emphasise soft skills and transferrable attributes. EDIT: tldr; approach professional roles like you’re a priviledged white man that deserves to be there
Thanks for the tip! I will try and brush up my Linkedin, added a few things over the weekend but probably need to highlight those transferable skills in my career history. Also will use the ‘privileged white man’ mindset next time :D
Gonna get in pjs go to bed early and watch a movie. Have selected Triangle of Sadness.
I really enjoyed that one.
Pakige is scheduled for delivery today. A real physical book. I don’t use them very often these days.
Book deliveries are a joy. The new book smell!
What’d you get?well, it’s a library book so no new book smell included. A rather heavy tome on Soil Conditions and Plant Growth.
That’s even better: old book smell. ♥
I see you’re in druid training!
What’s a good client for iOS for this website? I used Apollo for iOS and that’s the reason I’m cutting back on Reddit.
Any suggestions would be appreciated!
There’s an app I’m using called Mlem. It’s the only iOS app out there at the moment. It’s still in beta testing with about 2 weeks to go for official launch. It’s fully inspired by Apollo.
You can download “ TestFlight “ from The App Store and then try to get the latest version here👇
@hasteee @StudChud while it’s not ideal and doesn’t look little Reddit, it’s worth noting that there are several Mastodon apps which you can use to follow communities (or users) on kbin & lemmy, and you might find that gives you a bit of a window into how different the Fediverse is - it’s kindof like being able to post to Reddit from Twitter, and receive replies in your Twitter notifications.
Thanks for the reply mate.
I did actually sign up for Mastodon the other day, thought I’d get my preferred username sorted out before the rush for it.
I figure both Twitter and Reddit are on borrowed time but I’d be lying if I said I understood the fediverse just yet.
Will save this tab for tomorrow and get it all checked out!
@hasteee haha that’s one of many differences between Fediverse and gated silos, you don’t really need to rush for a username, you choose a server you think is well maintained and fits your ethos and hope for the best, the biggest servers aren’t necessarily the best choice. Right now the #threadiverse is groaning under the weight of new users, and because it got attention so suddenly, the servers are often struggling to cope with the increased traffic. that will settle down, but right now aussie.zone seems to be doing well (aus.social Mastodon server was in a similar position when Space Karen bought Twitter). I just love that I can have a conversation on the “equivalent” of a Reddit thread, from my most used account on the “equivalent” of Twitter, and have it all in the same timeline. It can be good to separate accounts out, sure, but I’m experimenting here and liking the results so far.
I guess I’m saying don’t think of it as just a Reddit replacement, start thinking of the Fediverse in a different way, though having an app which shows you Reddit style interface and has those features at its centre, will also be great, they just aren’t here yet =)
