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I can only understand the concern if it related to how many the chat room and users are mostly created in offical Matrix instance instead more be self-hosted and even that is a reach

Do you use youtube mainly?

I mean, we are talking about the most biggest video sharing platform. So yes, I still use it despite how much I hate YouTube and that's just because the sort of videos I watch is on YouTube and not on places like PeerTube. Personally, I wish more YouTubers, Content Creators (or whatever word as I know people have the pet peeve with the word "Content Creators") would try other alternative video site like PeerTube, even if it as a mirror.

Do you care about clickbait?

This may be controversial but I think especially as YouTube is driven by the algorithm, you had to do bit of clickbait to make your videos pop from the rest. That being said, I don't like it when it is both ragebait and it feels insulting to my intelligences. It is an instant no for me and I block the channel with BlockTube as even pressing "Don't recommend this channel", YouTube still recommends them.

Do you think clickbait is the major of the YouTube's problems?

It's one of the issue but I think Google's trying to make YouTube as advertiser friendly as possible is the biggest issue. A lot of the issue stem from Google doing that and YouTubers are still trying to adapt and walking on eggshells to still create video while getting monetise. It has got so bad, we are censoring "died", "kill themself" to "unaliving" or otherwise, they would get demonetise which from what I heard, their video won't be push out. Those sort of video are talking about some serious subject matters and I know they have good intent but it makes it goofy rather than something serious. I could rant about it but it be off-topic about YouTube clickbait.

But yes, clickbait is the problem and some would make ragebait videos as they know how thin-skinned people are online. I'm thin-skinned as well and I try my very best to avoid them as I know some are just both hateful and low-effort so they are not worth my time.

Do you see something good in clickbait among the bad things? Like, which ones?

My understanding is that clickbait is making some sort of topic or subject matter more clickable. A lot of YouTubers and even journalist online are doing this whether it quote whatever someone said as their headline or whatever. Lot of people associate clickbait as whatever the hell is happening in Mr Beast's Thumbnails.

I hadn't brought anything from Craigslist but I have heard online of some people still use it if that helps but I can't imagine it being as popular with Facebook Marketplace existing.

It really depends on which item I am searching for. I don't have one that's 1:1 replacement to Amazon, just at least few websites I go on for whatever I'm looking for.

• Clothing - Often use Vinted which sells second-hand clothes at a cheap price. Not great search filtering it has on both their website and their mobile app but you can find some decent stuff on there.
• Electronic/Gaming - I usually go on to eBay most of the time but sometimes, I would go on CeX and compare the prices. Often, CeX is overpriced but there's couple time it has been cheaper to get.
• Decoration/Gifts - Etsy has some nice items and stickers. It has gone downhill with the AI-Generated slop and has some dropshippers but there are some small businesses that make their own stuff which is what I love about Etsy. It feels more personalised and found some the fan-items to be better than some the official merch.
• Music - MusicMagpie sells second-hand CDs really cheap for anyone collecting CDs or just love buying that format. They also sells DVDs which I'm more a Blu-ray fanboy but I do also like my DVDs. I sometimes buy.flac music from Qobuz but I find them to be overpriced for me but if it support an artist, get the money I guess. Seem as I'm a broke-ass, MusicMagpie would do as I love collecting CDs and holding it sometimes just to look at the album cover.

though I occasionally play Fortnite with my son

Just an FYI, Fortnite isn't supported on Linux so if you still want to dabble with Linux, maybe give a try dual-booting.

Yes but I do recommend installing the two OSes on a different storage device. That's what I did for my PC.

That's still changing the Volume from the OS which I find changing the volume to not be as smooth compare to using a Desktop DAC and using knob on my keyboard, volume controls feels like a stair-step where it either bit too high or low and it's difficult to get it just right. That's why I like Desktop DAC and use it even over the volume knob on my keyboard.

• Smart Lighting - My mum replaced most the lightblub in our house with Philips Hue. Nearly decade on and still using them which as an Autistic, I love that I can tweak the lighting to however I want from an app and compare to regular lightbulbs, it doesn't give me as much sensory nightmare as I find some of the lighting to be really harsh and distracting.
• Noise-cancelling Headphones - Often use it if I'm in sensory overload, walking as I tend to listen to music as well as being on the bus to distract myself which otherwise, I start panicking how full the bus is.
• Desktop DAC & Bookshelf Speakers - Always find changing volume on OS itself to not be perfect as it too low or high for my liking. I can simply tweak the volume knob of my Desktop DAC to get the volume just right. Also great way to listen to music

What do you like better here than on Reddit?

It's simple and doesn't try to overwhelm you with pointless features just to pander to Techbros. Not only it is open-source and can be self-hosted, but it also part of the Fediverse. I originally heard about it when someone was talking about it on my Mastodon feed so I check it out and have a love/hate relationship with it.

What do you miss from Reddit?

Really niche subreddit on there to be honest. And while yes, I can "be the change that [I] want to see", it takes lot of effort to:

• Posting regularly on that community (Lemmy's version of subreddit just a FYI)
• Trying to promote it and having a thick skin that not everyone would but maybe there's few that might be interested to giving it a try

But otherwise, I might try throw my hat to the ring and give it a try again at some point. But to be honest, I'm not too sure I would be the best moderator but who knows. Never say never.

Do you feel the culture here is genuinely different, or does it eventually drift the same way?

Yes. I find Lemmy has massive FOSS/DIY-Tech culture embedded which I find FOSS community just in general to be very hit and miss. Great for if you wanting to find FOSS project and support related to whatever Open-Source Software you are using. The major downside that is does feel like at times, a echo chamber of the same opinion and also the lack of nuances which can be frustrating. If you mention anything that isn't FOSS or something that is very mainstreamed that most normies (and I hate using that word) likes, just expect some bitchy comments about it in the comments selection.

And also expect a lot of dry-humour and sarcasm just in general.

It's a shame but I feel YouTube has killed MTV where you can watch any music video you want.

As a Linux Noob, Linux was lot easier than I expect it to be. Think it was me having the "This isn't Windows so I might as well as research about anything Linux related" mindset which it paid off for me. It got to point where Windows is now my secondary OS (Mainly to use it to use Tomb Editor to make custom Tomb Raider levels which is annoying to get it running with Wine which I don't know how to troubleshoot at all.)

It's ironic how it's now my main OS and if you told me several years ago that I would be mostly using Linux, I would think you're talking total nonsense.

I remember someone on Discord server I used to be on kept telling people to "use Linux" which back then, I thought it was some scary OS for people who's tech savvy and wrote him off to be annoying. It was few years when I have my own laptop as early birthday present that I find Windows 10 annoying and remembered Linux exist so I run up a virtual machine and watch so many videos on YouTube about it. Then, I made USB-Boot and installed Linux Mint.

Far from perfect but I feel so much more comfortable using Linux over Windows, feels so much more smoother