HamboneFakenamington

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Let’s be real, I’m starting the discourse as soon as I walk in (i.imgur.com)
 
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Increase in "vote to find the sub's favorite" threads on Reddit lately..? (lemmy.ml)
 

I occasionally pop back on to see if there's any news about some of my favorite subs migrating to the fediverse that haven't yet, and I've noticed that nearly all of my home page has massive posts in the vein of "comment your favorite ___ and then tomorrow we do our favorite ___!" Or like the "eliminate one ___ every day until we get to the favorite!"

One of my video game subs is doing it for least favorite characters, a TV show sub is doing favorite character quotes, a genre one doing favorite movies and then says it will move on to favorite books, etc.

They all seem to have started around the same day, and they all have options that are dozens long.

I've seen things like this pop up occasionally before but it's so many of them all at once across vastly different subs I follow that have no connections to each other.

My corporate-conspiracy train of thought immediately started to wonder if admins are enticing users/actually posting themselves or w/e to create these kinds of threads that tend to draw lots of user engagement to try and get some numbers looking better. People tend to get really jazzed about these kinds of topics so these posts rn all have hundreds/thousands of comments and upvotes and such in subs that normally don't see that much individual engagement on posts, and they're all tailored to keep up for long periods of time with above-average (in my experience at least) numbers of options to work through to get to the "one." And ofc people who are interested in them are going to keep coming back to check out what's winning and vote on the next round, etc.

Wondering if anyone else has noticed anything like this or if it sounds as fishy to anyone else, or if perhaps it really is just all one big coincidence and I'm just being weird.

Which communities you feel lemmy is lacking? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I do not have the skill or bandwidth to mod a community, but if someone makes creepywikipedia I would absolutely contribute to it!

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The crossover I never knew I needed (lemmy.ml)
 

I've never fought for anything in my entire life, I'm fighting for this hat.

You don't have to be "nice" but can we at least not be dicks? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah I honestly find it more confusingly exasperating than making me actually angry. I just roll my eyes and play Wordle on my phone or whatever until their done their bullshit and I never bother with post game chats/messages. When I know I have tacky survivors waiting for me at the gate I walk around break doors or run my power or whatever. Not going to give them the direct satisfaction and I don’t care whether or not I always get the 4K or always get the escape, like they’re great when they happen but it’s not ruining my fun if I don’t “win” every match so I’m not going to get desperate at the end.

But it is just all so god damned stupid. I feel genuine second-hand embarrassment for trolls of any kind lol.

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You don't have to be "nice" but can we at least not be dicks? (lemmy.ml)
 

I don't expect killers to let all survivors go, or meme around, or farm, but can we all at least just play the goddamn game?

There is no reason at all to camp and tunnel out two survivors at 4 gens then slug the last two in general, but when there's five tiramisus? You're not even getting many points for brutality or chasing if you have no gens to kick and players are just bleeding out on the ground ffs. If you just played competitively but normally you could likely still get a 4K, and/or get more points than playing the asshole way.

It is a game, yes, and that means you don't owe the other side anything. Play the game, play to win.

But at the same time, it is a game. It doesn't have to be THAT serious that it warrants you sweating so much so early.

And the people who do it because the fun of the game for them comes not from the challenge or objectives of the game but instead comes from doing whatever you can to be a dick to other people? I say this sincerely, that is really sad. You know most people don't derive their main source of pleasure from hurting/harassing/annoying other people, right? Like, you know that is not a thing that people who are okay do?

And survivors also don't need to go out of their way to be as rude as fucking possible, in and outside of events. Like, chill out for a second. Lots of killers are choosing to be casual in the early days of the event, you're not necessarily actually outplaying them, and even if you were, your "achievement" doesn't warrant endless teabagging, literally hundreds/thousands of other people are escaping this game every single day lmao, you're not a superstar.

Just play the game. If you want to be chill about it and have fun celebrating the event then you do you, but it's obviously okay not to. But can we at least just all just play the game we're celebrating the anniversary of as it was intended to be played?

What's your current build(s)? in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I used to always like mixing up my builds and trying new things or tailoring them to different rift/archive challenges I'm working on, which is still what I do as a killer, but as survivor I've found a build I love too much and feel lost af every time I switch anything out lol. I need to start mixing it up again so I stop being so reliant on it.

Survivor build: Overcome, Lucky Break, Distortion, and usually Empathy or Reassurance, but I've been using Calm Spirt instead lately because of how many times I've been going up against Doctors or people using Face the Darkness/Infectious Fright and just wanting a break from the screaming.

I'm soloQ and play console with crossplay, so I suck in chases lol. Making a build that helps me be stealthy and boosts my chances to leave a chase is really clutch.

Infamous power mod got permabanned without explanation, then have a public meltdown. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Sincere question, because I used Reddit frequently but I pretty much just stuck to just commenting and posting in my niche little interest subs. So I'm learning all kinds of new issues and drama about the site/company itself I was in the dark on before lol. So I've only seen bits and pieces of what awkwardturtle's whole deal was, and it struck me as being so over-the-top that I assumed it was farcical, like someone who hates those kinds of social progressive ideals and wants to mock them and make them look bad. Not sure if that's a correct read at all, though, or how likely it is.

Like "locking so men can't comment" it so inflammatory and petty, I do live in a very liberal city and am involved in many different areas of social progression both personally and professionally and I cannot think of anyone who would actually believe in, say, or do things like that. Not only because the majority of sincere feminists believe in equality between all genders and not "misandry" period, but also because it makes the whole movement look like garbage. No one sincere in their beliefs would play so heavily into the dumb stereotypes in such a public and visible way like that. It's like someone who wants to make fun of feminists vs being an actual feminist.

Not to say there aren't people in those ideological groups who don't totally miss the point and do actually say and believe stupid shit like that, but they are such a minority and a thorn in the side for those of us doing real work to make actual progress. So powermod could be sincere and just fully out of touch with what they are choosing to align themselves with.

But idk. I've just seen so many other examples of their word choices and such that is just really inconsistent with what actual social progressives would say or do. My understanding is that he's a man, but he mods the women's sub. Like an actual male feminist wouldn't insert himself in that space in such a way, spewing queer stereotypes in queer subs, etc. Seems so off the mark to me that I didn't think it might actually be sincere lol

Infamous power mod got permabanned without explanation, then have a public meltdown. in c/[email protected]
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah I love the meltdown that there was "no reason" to lose SLPT, while in the same breath saying they haven't even interacted with the sub in 6 months lmao. Whatever all other drama aside, you gave a possible example literally right there lol