reddit used to release page-views and maybe user info (i forget) annually.

there was a bunch of users that jumped over to digg, but they continued to also use reddit. when digg died there was a small bump of digg users, but i dont recall anything noticable in the big subs

haha this is not true… dude i was there, digg came/went and little impact on reddits user base

shoutout https://moist.catsweat.com

the simple reason is geographic isolation of populations. over time groups of people in different places gain minute genetic differences relating to their region/breeding population.

its geography + genetic drift

and no subreddits! i was there too! it really started gaining traction and losing technical users when the ‘image macros’ started… memes took over

sure. it took reddit 20 years to get to its size.

theres a manual fix for this. in mbin, when you attach the image in a post and save, it is uploaded and shown. you can then grab the image link (right click image, copy link), edit the post, and add the link using the image tag, and save, it then shows in-line in lemmy.

yeah, it sucks but at least it works until this is implemented. ive been usin this method for over a year now…

prolly should have spent more time on that than marketing an unfinished ‘product’'. its kind of telling also that it works in an app better than a simple web api. im betting this shits not going to scale well.

me too. apps are for children.

wtf is the point of federation if it doesnt work on the systems its federating to like the boatload of browser-based systems??

a rogue planet hitting this one would. i would expect a space faring race to want to move not only to the outskirts of the solar system, but possible attempt venturing to a new one. perhaps multiples.

but go ahead, keep thinking small for some reason. technology never advances dontcha know.

this isnt a problem, this is a feature.

reminds me of the movie l.a. story where this is used in one scene by steve martins narcissistic girlfriend

Oh no, how will the universe ever recover from this tragedy?

yep, this is what people resort to when they dont have a real point. ‘so what?!’ pfft

huh? why do people have this innate ability to underestimate what we might be capable of? why do you think its impossible for us to become masters of our own genome?

not getting off this rock means our species is doomed regardless of how ‘perfect’ we keep earth.

youre still not thinking astronomically. you need to think bigger. i like to at least pretend out technology advances.

our planet could easily be wiped by a number of things. if we dont plan for a planetary catastrophe out of our control, our species is doomed.

i think you underestimate human ingenuity and the time frames involved.

yes.

if we want to become a true space faring species resilient to all that the universe can throw at us we will need both

they say that the sense of ‘deja-vu’ you get is your brain incorrectly writing ‘timestamps’ relating to memories. so, theres a valid scientific reason why we get those feelings.

i gotta respect someone that keeps the post up, and corrects themselves. i really try and do the same, even if i had put my foot in my mouth.