The upcoming Slate could be what you want.

Hence:

X officially changes block function

https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/x-block-changes-twitter/507-931ed7fc-cacd-4550-b850-b5d235533227

Here’s a fun new one, no longer able to block accounts on pages. Thanks, Meta

https://www.reddit.com/r/facebook/comments/1ps4r5d/heres_a_fun_new_one_no_longer_able_to_block/

Under the new system it actually lets the blocked person know they are blocked, which is horrible design because they now know that they need to use an alt to send you mean messages. Under the old system they don’t actually know if their messages are getting through, so it is better in that regard.

https://www.reddit.com/r/self/comments/1st24au/reddits_new_block_feature_is_bizarrely_antisocial/

Blocking someone reduces ragebait engagement, and they can’t have that, I guess…

Its like no one in charge had ever seen a real video game, much less played one.

Some day, I would love to read a postmortum of where all that money went.

Ah. That. Right, I didn’t even think about that.

Still, that makes it somewhat similar to Ao3, right?

Also, at risk of sounding cynical:

…Are there many fanfic writers/readers on the Fediverse?

Here on Lemmy/Piefed, people here seem more interested in politics and IT than deep fandom niches.

Some thoughts:

• …What’s actually different about Squidge? If the code is the same as Ao3, what makes it a more appealing target for “colonization” than just using Ao3?

• #1 and #2 aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, if the formatting is the same, cross posting to Squidge should be trivial.

• On #2. Instead of a fork, why not PR otw code? Make the federation link a completely self-contained, discrete module, one that’s not a burden for OTW to maintain. Perhaps architect it as some basic access points in the OTW code, then the federation API support is a completely separate layer. This would massively reduce the dev burden, as it would inherit all the work in OTW code.

• Yeah, I don’t have the energy for such a huge code project myself, but I might help some.

• I’ve… neglected a fic for about a year, but it’s still living in my head. I think I’m going to get back to writing today, thanks! And I suppose I’ll cross posting it to Squidge too.

What’s wrong with the ToS, specifically?

It’s perhaps not as professional as Ao3, but nothing bad jumps out at me.

But yeah, making it signup-required would be terrible.

The Feng Shui is strong, with this one.

He says Kimi is one big girl, and Qwen is soooo thin.

No.

Why would they? “Moderate” Republicans would get zero engagement on anything, and if they’re way down the MAGA rabbit hole they are on different platforms to indulge in that.

People here label “a particular liberal/leftist that’s not in my political tribe” as Republican all the time, though. It’s honestly mind boggling to me. Lemmy is in like the 99th percentile of the leftism scale in the US.

Look at that rear tire! Is this a sleeper drag van?

Yeah in hindsight I worded that a bit extremely.

It is basically Valheim with creatures though, its similar to many survival crafters (albeit well done).

And I’m speaking more from a “strict” business perspective here. Palworld is obviously courting Pokemon fans, but from Nintendo’s perspective, Palworld is in a different market; I doubt they’re actually losing any sales of Pokemon games to Palworld.

A lot of Pokemon are generic tropes, but some really are blatant ripoffs. I think it’s pretty scummy of Palworld, actually.

But.

If Nintendo don’t think they can prove a copyright violation, they shouldn’t try to get them with some tangential thing, especially those crazy software patents of all things.

This whole thing is silly.

Palword isn’t a Pokemon competitor. It’s an Ark/Valheim-like on PC; it has nothing to do with the Switch, it’s nothing like Pokopia or most Pokemon games. Nintendo doesn’t sell PC games!

This would be akin to Skyrim being an Xbox exclusive, and BGS suing Stardew Valley for “dynamic NPCs” on the Switch version.

…Why? It’s not a competitor at all; what’s the business motivation?

Palworld marketing certainly leaned into the controversy, but honestly Nintendo is stupid for starting this, even from a pure business perspective.

To me, its the price fixing allegations (e.g. dictating the prices of other stores).

Fixed, for me:

Trains for long haul + autotaxis (or air taxis) for short, low speed rides actually sounds pretty dope.

Which is the answer to much of “why modern cars are the way they are.”

There’s a bit of a survivor bias for old stuff.

All part of the plan, so you subscribe to game streaming.

7900s, 4090s, and 5090s will become “forbidden technology” like you see in post apocalyptic fantasy where tech is magic. But also “idoocracy cyberpunk,” as human production is diverted to launching GPUs in space which engineers… awkwardly task with busywork.

You think I’m being hyperbolic. I am not.

Like what? RT is not blocked for me; I read an article from there once in awhile. Neither is the Russian government website or anything else I can think to test.