Is it a likely progression? And how long do you believe it will take? Also, I’m curious what you are basing your hope on and what the you believe the knock-on effects will be. It would be good to know if something similar happened in the US or another country in order to compare.

I’m not against adding tools. I’m against the notion that lemmy devs, who give up their free time work on lemmy, are somehow lazy and deserve being mocked for not getting around to implementing and maintaining a block function. These aren’t people who make 100-200k working the project, have a large team of developers, and loads of time to engage with everybody who has an opinion about lemmy.

Maybe I’m wrong and the lemmy devs had a definitive answer on blocking, I dunno, but looking at other responses, nothing of the sort has been proven. They might have some (OK many) views I do not agree with, but the “oh look, this VC funded startup with a hoard of full-time developers developed a product with more features than 2 guys working on a fun-time project after work! how can the 2 guys be so XYZ!?!?!” is a ridiculous angle to take. No saying you took it, but that’s the meme by OP and most of the responses here.

I love the fact that you ignore the parents who put them on the planet saying “they can solve it” then going on to destroy be dicks to people and the environment. I love it that you completely forget about the Fridays for Future, Last Generation, the people glueing themselves to the streets in protest, lots of other movements, and the ensuing reaction “oh, you’re children, STFU”. Funny how selective memory works.

Oh, but by all means, keep self pruning your evolutionary tree branch.

Yes, by all means, keep pumping out units and teaching them to condescend against others online. They’ll surely change the world in a positive way. Don’t forget to tell your children how nobody did nothing, but you, oh so brave and valiant Shardikprime, forced them into the world to bestow a wonderful life in the climate wars. They’ll be so grateful for your thoughtfulness.

I don’t think you understand why people stop having kids, do you? video

I’m not going to say it was your intention, but it reads like “immigrants are lowering the literacy rate”. It’s something I’ve seen too often.

Regardles, from the page you linked:

54% of adults have a literacy below sixth-grade level

That would not be explained by a 13.8 percent of foreign-born residents.

According to researchers, 4 out of 5 Americans 18 and over possess medium to high proficiency in English reading and writing.

The emphasis is because “American” is not the same as “foreign-born resident”.

wiki says it’s sponsored by the German company SUSE, however the webpage says OpenSuse LLC 🤨 It does say represented by some dude in Germany in the imprint. Maybe a translation from the German GmbH, which does translate to LLC in English.

Thank you. This is news to me. I just hope there were repercussions because such an “oopsie” should still lead to having to pay for the damages done.

Context: Lemmy still allow people to comment on your posts or comments after you blocked them:

Yes, they can comment, but the person blocking them doesn’t see it. The blocked person won’t know they are blocked, and the blocker won’t know the blocked person commented. I don’t see how that is bad. In the end, for the blocker, the effect is the same, is it not?

I don’t think the point is to signal to others

I don’t think so either, but it is a side-effect if blocking were implemented like on twitter, were it not? Harassers would be aware they are blocked and find new ways to harass. Silent blocking (or the post calls it muting) is there better option, in that case, isn’t it?

I don’t understand. Is the statement incorrect? Or are you hoping that the wages for pickers will go up enough for “real Americans” to take the jobs?

A dose of muddy water with wheat excrement.

The word “may” is doing all the heavy lifting here.

I mean, sure, but if you block/mute somebody and don’t see, hear, or feel them anymore (which is what the block on lemmy seems to do), when what’s the point of additionally signaling to other users “hey, I blocked you”? It seems like a great way to challenge them to create a new account and immediately antagonize you for blocking them to create the cycle again. And on the fediverse it’s even easier since they can just pick an instance that doesn’t know them.

That’s why I wrote “try”.

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Lol, the EU can’t produce shit. Without China, it dies.

Where?

Good job! Keep going 👏 We need more people like you.

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