That’s what I was thinking might be the case for players, alongside the fun/new factors Jordan mentions. Thanks for the reply!

Why do you think so?

Older? Check.
Free? Check.
Software/game? Check.

Checks out in my book!

What shareware do you play?

For what it’s worth, I hadn’t seen that article before, so I was honestly curious about more up to date info on the situation since what I’d last seen.

About 38 minutes in (after scrubbing through to find it, please podcasters include transcripts) I think I found what you were thinking of. However it’s one of the other people that uses the platform mentioning something they’d seen suggesting what OP mentioned, without saying where they saw it.

Inb4 “Substack Nazis boo Nazis Nazis Nazis.” That is incorrect. There were only like 3 neo-Nazis, with about 10 followers apiece, but anyway they kicked them all out some time back now, because the entire internet was yelling at them.

Do you have sources for these claims?

What do you mean by user abstraction? First I’ve seen this mentioned, or put this way.

I’m asking about before anyone has subscribed to remote instances’ stuff, how do they find the remote instances’ stuff to begin with? Sorry, having trouble finding a clearer way to ask this without getting in the weeds

Thanks for the detailed reply! The potential complexity (depending on how much you want to do with it) is a major part of why I was asking, both in terms of use and administration.

Despite the challenges that poses and absence of mobile apps, it still sounds great, but definitely something to go in with an idea of what you do and don’t want to do with it.

Why?

Thanks for yours and @JupiterRowland@sh.itjust.works’s deep dive into this!

Thanks!

Who were they there?

Appreciate the example! It’s when handling a DHCP range and the related CIDR notation that I tend to get especially muddled in this area. It certainly doesn’t help that each router’s interface and terminology tends to vary just enough to add uncertainty.

Regardless, the comments here and more focus on this have helped clear some of this up for me.

I think separating them improves the user experience for regular users, which I think counts as a real advantage. As I wrote in the body text:

As-is seeing an indication of a comment for a post only for it to turn out to be a bot is slightly disappointing at best, and mildly confusing at worst when their display has been disabled.

It’s a small detail, but small details add up when it comes to the user experience.

By automated reporting do you mean something like filters on the backend to flag offensive posts per some custom settings?

The pre-seed stage startup is backed by angel investors and NYC accelerator Wolf, which Openvibe attended last year.

Openvibe is available as a free app on iOS and Android, but plans to experiment with a desktop version. The app will later introduce a subscription plan to generate revenue.

Have any services like this managed to develop a sustainable business model, especially after taking on investment?

Does Bluesky? Have they been running marketing? Much of what I’ve seen/heard of it has been more a result of Twitter imploding and people bringing up alternatives than any concerted marketing pushes.

edited for clarity, realized I’d overlooked Threads mention

Does it sometimes seem like commenting in high traffic online spaces feels this way too, not just Reddit?