Some will cheer, some will be mildly disappointed. But I'm out, I think.
I don't know who would cheer, you're one of the pillars of this ecosystem as far as I'm concerned and even though I don't say it enough I always appreciate your efforts in keeping so many niche subs fed with constant content.
I totally get how you're feeling, and I can't blame you for being burned out. You've put in an insane amount of work over the years. I hope you find some time to rest.
You will be missed, and will be remembered for a long time.
Count yourself lucky lol. I know several and they aren't good people to know. But yes this will definitely make the new feeds a lot lighter. And traffic overall go down. Neither of which are great.
but who will explain all the history memes
Please PugJesus, don't leave us :(
Sounds like you're saying you're quitting threadiverse entirely? Sad to hear. I enjoyed your history stuff particularly
NO! Please! Say it ain't so!
I think I might be out of the loop. What's happening...?
There is a new rule metering the number of votes that can be cast by a user. You can see yours on your profile.
That's.... really weird.
On the surface the reasoning behind it makes sense, but there is also something about it (that I can't quite point out yet) that rubs me the wrong way.
It doesn't make sense though. It was presented as this unequal distribution thing where a few users cast the most amount of votes, but that really doesn't matter because each user still only gets one vote per post or comment. No one's opinion is outsized or disproportionate just because they vote on a lot of things.
It was really bad statistics from the start. It was framed sorta like wealth disparity, using the same kind of chart, but it's categorically not the same thing.
That sounds like the PieFed admins are just going to make it worse. Now there's going to be first user advantage, with the first comments on a thread getting preferrential treatment
I don't see how. Unless you mean people rationing their votes are less likely to scroll as far down?
But yeah this place is going to be desolate without pugjesus, and I wonder how many more people are gonna leave once users rationing votes results in content receiving less engagement.
Overall, just a terrible decision in my opinion
Yeah, I can't seem to see what it accomplishes except to make the few users that reach it kinda mad. It seems like an experiment at best to see what kind of effect it will have on hot/all.
Ah, we'll miss you. Your content is consistently some of the best out here.
The piefed admins are making a huge mistake with this change, and they're basing it on bad statistical methods. Every user already only gets one vote per post or comment, so it really doesn't matter if some users exercise that ability more than others. So framing it the same way as wealth disparity (literally using the same kind of chart) was not very insightful.
And to think I was considering switching to piefed soon... guess not anymore...
I am in the latter category: mildly disappointed. 😞
Maybe a little more than mildly, tbh 😭.
Fwiw Piefed.zip won't have a voting limit added right away (source).
Piefed so weird
Spectacular how it went from everyone's favorite to an absolute mess.
Guess that's what happens when software becomes opinionated.
That would be decidedly tragic. Your history posts are basically the most interesting things on here. I think a lot of people will be more mildly disappointed, including myself, to see you go.
If you do leave, thanks for the time you were here. You have been appreciated!
Glad to have PyLova to counter Rimu’s desire to limit what users can do on PieFed.
How hard is it to just let people use software how they want. Anti-user design is so anathematic to the spirit of the Fediverse.
This can't be happening
Hi I'm new here. I have no idea what's going on!
Hello ~~New Here~~ BarnWolf, good to have you! :)
PugJesus is a local legend. Loved by many, despised by some, and always good for educating the unwashed masses (me) in history.
It's gonna be a whole lot more lonely without you, PugJesus, but I'll always suggest to take health and sanity before fame.
See ya, Space Cowboy! <3
PieFed is another federated threaded forum software like Lemmy, though just within the last week greatly surprised people by switching gears to be less like traditional social media that welcomes lots of engagement. The changes were not announced in advance, not something that can be opted out of (except by migration to another instance, which is what PugJesus is saying he will not consider doing) and are quite unpopular overall.
None of THAT background stuff will affect you on Lemmy.World, except that you'll see a quieter network overall, especially now that PugJesus is leaving us.
Overall it is perhaps best to use the Threadiverse not as your sole or possibly even primary social media but as one among several, as this one is struggling (post).
I'm glad I didn't jump over right away. I was going to, and then things started getting weird and uncomfortable with it.
Just wanted to let you know how appreciated you are. Yours is the only username I recognize honestly, and I know it's going to be good shit when I see it.
I understand burnout though. Can't fault you for wanting to care of yourself. I encourage it, actually.
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I will miss your content, but if you need a break please go be healthy. Come back when it feels good again.
Nooooooo pls noooooo dear Pug, don't leave us alone in these times :(
That being said, your own mental health is the most important thing you've got, so take care <3
PugJesus, you are completely awesome and your contribution to the success of the fediverse is immense. Thank you so, so much.
I can't believe anyone can be so stupid as to think that stopping the most engaged people being engaged in the community would be in any way sensible. And limiting voting? When you can only ever vote once on each post or comment? Piefed developers: "this popularity really needs capping".
F. Is this in response of the vote quota?
Always enjoyed your posts and explanations. Hope to see you back here one day or another. Take care!
I know Lemmy has its issues, but I swear the more I hear about Piefed the crazier it sounds.
I will never understand why people want to trade the corporate nannies for some self-elected nanny.
We don't need any of this weird social engineering junk
There's only one constant in life. And that's change. Take the time to focus on yourself and important things first. And if all this bullshit is still here in a few years. We'll see you then. It's always good to step back from this online stuff and realize sometimes it's not as important as we make it. But yes I don't blame you with all the different communities and not wanting to migrate then again.
You’ll be greatly missed. Thanks for everything.
Memes about the Fediverse.
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