No, one report goes to each involved instance. So if the reported user and community of the post were in the same instance, a community moderator could “hide” that report from the instance admin by taking quick action. But an additional report would still go to the instance admin of the reporting user and that instance admin could choose to defederate from the problematic instance.
As far as I’m aware, Usenet is mostly paid providers used for piracy these days. There’s probably still some subculture somewhere still using it for discussion, but I wouldn’t expect much.
Yeah, I like that. After being able to recognize and validate claims, being able to verify the validity (at least logically if not factually) of any conclusions drawn from those claims seems like a good next step.
I dunno. For someone just starting to want to think critically during discussions of when reading things, asking them to get serious in the academic pursuit of logic and argument theory might not be the way. For one, it’s probably just asking for them to get stalled in the sort of dunning kruger zone of identifying fallacies and stopping there.
Especially when such behavior is already endemic to the internet and many platforms have feedback loops designed to reward this behavior. Just dunk on 'em and move on - watch the upvotes and retweets roll in.
I definitely don’t want discourage OP from learning anything, but I do want to be careful in what direction we point a beginner.
I think maybe learning to find good sources of information and verify claims might be a better first step. That doesn’t give OP any shortcuts I’m discussions, which is good. Then they may begin to notice different patterns or forms of discussion and at that point they can start to classify them and learn about them if they see fit.
Agreed. OP should be working on critical thinking skills in general and not specifically focusing on logical fallacies.
Logical fallacies and argumentation theory in general certainly have their place. But unless you’re taking part in a debate club or otherwise getting really really deep into these topics, they may do you more harm than good in thinking critically and having productive discussions.
The reddit (and, previously, slashdot) obsession with logical fallacies has been almost entirely as a way to prevent critical thinking and end discussion rather than promoting either.
Honestly it upsets me enough when I see people or bots mirroring new Reddit posts to fedi without the original author’s permission. A full archive - whether in the form of a torrent or a fedi instance - also makes me feel icky.
I know it’s not possible and it’s entirely against reddit’s interests, but I wish there were a way for subreddits or people or posts to be marked somehow as not for copying or use elsewhere.
It has always weirded me out when I found /r/relationships posts copy-pasted to like BuzzFeed knock-off sites. Then yesterday I saw and blocked a Lemmy bot mirroring like a dozen reddit subs (including gonewild) to its instance.
It may be fine, good, and useful to archive like how-to content or technical support questions and stuff like that as there is a clear utility there. But seeing the more personal stuff that people might not want to see copied around or searchable makes me feel bad.
Yes, yes I know it’s the internet and these people should know better and if they really want to opt out they should submit a request to the wayback machine and set a robotstxt plus there’s no way to stop it and we really really need all of this valuable information preserved for historical purposes and as we all know information wants to be free and you can’t stop the signal. And all the myriad excuses that the less well behaved digital preservationists will lean on.
But at some point and in a lot of circumstances you’re copying people’s personal information and using it in ways they didn’t intend on when they posted it. I don’t know your personal opinion on the reports of reddit admins undeleting posts people have been deleting before they delete their accounts, but people who are upset about that should consider that “preserving” reddit data also takes away peoples’ agency over their data and their right to be forgotten in much the same way.
Not to mention, even if these are somewhat legit studies and findings, is there also proof that “activating different parts of your brain” is a good thing or effective in dealing with panic attacks?
Here’s part 1 of a 4 part podcast series about Wim Hof and the Wim Hof Method https://ohnopodcast.com/investigations/2020/7/19/ross-and-carrie-cool-off-with-wim-hof-part-1-iceman-edition
Don’t overthink it. Regional Phenomena is a long quest and each investigation is a quest (at least) in itself.
As you make your way to different destinations as part of the quest, you will naturally come across shrines, caves, side quests, and enemy encounters such that you will constantly be getting rewards and upgrading things.
You should have received two quests at Lookout Landing (which I’m assuming you’ve been to and that is the one tower you’ve unlocked so far - of not, go to Lookout Landing).
One is granted by Purah and notes 4 Regional Phenomena for you to go investigate. Talking to other folks around Lookout Landing will gently nudge you toward one of the specific phenomena.
The other is granted, if I remember correctly, by Josha and involves investigating a nearby chasm to get a picture of a statue. This quest is classified as a side adventure and not a main quest, but you’ll still want to do it sooner or later.
As Tolookah says, always look for a Hudson Construction Co representative at or near the tower. Often they’ll have a small request for you to help the finish the tower and grant you access.
The story quests should be pointing you in a couple of different directions by now. You should be equipped enough to follow either of those at this point.
The overland route specifically will net you plenty of shrines along the way to continue pumping up your hearts - there are a few caves too and those are always full of surprises.
Just be smart about what fights you take on along the way. Two things about fights in this game:
The game doesn’t punish you for dying, unless you’re overly sensitive to loading screens. Try different strategies, get a feel for the advanced combat mechanics. You’ll probably end up at a few different combat training shrines if you’re following the early game quests and that’ll help you out if you’re unfamiliar with some of the more advanced techniques.
I’d recommend you play some games before you dive into designing. That way you can get a feel for themes and mechanics and what works and what you like.
The good news is that you don’t need anyone to play with. There are plenty of TTRPG systems designed for solo, or you can always play more traditional systems solo using a GM emulator or similar.
Solo TTRPGs tend to come in a couple of general flavors - journaling games, and more “traditional” RPGs. And each of those come in various complexity levels.
Here are a few of various flavors that can help get you started. Check em out to get a feel for what’s out there, what other folks are doing, and what works for you. Lots of folks with start with tweaks, extensions, or hacks of existing games.
Number 1 for me are the Duke Nukem Collections for Evercade coming in November.
I played tons of duke3d as a kid so I’m excited to revisit it. But even more, I never got a chance to play the original DOS side-scrollers, so I’m pumped to get the new remastered versions. Even cooler that they’re the first Evercade exclusives.
The trouble is that, as always, leadership fucked around and now workers are finding out.
Leadership overextended while money was cheap, now money isn’t so cheap and the bills are gonna start coming due so they need to cut some “dead weight” which is largely gonna mean cutting workers to save on salaries and other liabilities.
And as always this is gonna make them look profitable enough to stay above water for a couple years until interest rates come down and money is cheap again. And that’s when the cycle starts over.
The worst part is there will be no accountability for that leadership because this isn’t a sign of incompetence. It is a sign of a system working as intended.
This mystery deal that fell through is a convenient precipitating event to point to, but this was always the going to be the eventual outcome of the way these companies operate.
You can see it happening…well everywhere but especially in tech and adjacent companies over the past couple years. Maybe next time it’ll be another industry, but at some point folks are gonna get addicted to free money again and get all shockedpikachu when it stops being so free and they need to pay it back.
But it’s not an invitation from an owner/occupant. I say it’s no good. Or at least not directly, of course just like with regular police the warrant is useful in coercing an actual invitation.
On the other hand, the implicit invitation offered by the welcome mat by the door does provide entrance.