While steam does work, I'd highly recommend going GOG for the DRM free files

I'm torn on defederation. In theory I like it; a user can join an instance that moderates to the level that they agree with. Beehaw is a pretty good example of this because a lot of users like having a slightly more restrictive community in order to maintain a certain vibe.

But there is a more pragmatic side of me that thinks that the average user isn't super informed about this stuff, and are naturally going to gravitate to the larger instances. No doubt there were more trolls coming from lemmy.world, but there are far more regular users that have no idea what's going on.

I think Beehaw's decision is understandable though, especially given the lack of moderation tools. They've already mentioned that they are willing to (re?)federate in the future when trolls/bots are easier to deal with.

You're in for a treat. Saw them at Red Rocks last year and it was one of the coolest concert experiences I've had.

I really like the way Silverblue handles it--with flatpak being the standard for GUI applications and toolboxes being the standard for CLI applications

I mean, there's a lot of content here already.

Yeah it's not the same endless dopamine drip feed conveyor belt that is Reddit, but there's plenty of content to engage with.

Oh absolutely--that's really the only reason I was able to stay on reddit. I do miss some of those smaller communities, but have resorted to actual forums now (if applicable), or just going without.

Shoutouts to the fiberglassflyrodders.com forums

Yeah--I constantly read about how people liked reddit back in the day, or liked digg, but don't connect it to the fact that the reason why they were better back in the day was because they were smaller and more intimate (for lack of a better word).

I'm excited for the fediverse to grow, but for me it's already reached that critical mass for it to be engaging

I think the biggest problem with de-federalization is that transferring your account to another instance is impossible (or at least obtuse enough that I can't figure it out). Being able to have your account hosted on an instance that matches your moderation views is good--a lot of beehaw users like the more curated approach--but there needs to be a painless way to migrate to a new instance if the one you're currently on makes changes that you don't agree with.

Out of curiosity, what couldn't you figure out? Haven't tried setting up an account on Lemmy, but I just created an account on Kbin in a minute and was up and running

Never was a huuuuuge fan of the heavy Gizz stuff (liked Murder of the Universe alright, didn't care for Infest the Rats Nest as much), but this might be a top 5er Gizz album for me. I was a little skeptical of Gila Monster when the single dropped, but I think it sits a lot better in the context of the album.

Stoked for their next album--supposedly more synth heavy, so I image the end of Flamethrower goes into the first track

Never was a huuuuuge fan of the heavy Gizz stuff (liked Murder of the Universe alright, didn't care for Infest the Rats Nest as much), but this might be a top 5er Gizz album for me. I was a little skeptical of Gila Monster when the single dropped, but I think it sits a lot better in the context of the album.

Stoked for their next album--supposedly more synth heavy, so I image the end of Flamethrower goes into the first track

I'm mad they cowtowed when it came to the AP courses that involved Black history--but I'd rather they be wrong before and change now than to continue to capitulate to Florida's whims.