Unfortunately there really are only hammers at the moment. You can’t just defederate a community, but even if you could that wouldn’t help here.

It’s not that the two instances were hosting objectionable content, it was that they had a slew of users come to Beehaw to try and disrupt the community, and continue to do things like ban evasion.

Yeah, as annoying as it is, unless you’re using messaging software that has been externally audited for security, you should probably assume admins/owners can read your messages.

I think only the last few. And they’re good DLC, just $5-$10 more than they should be, which I feel like has been the case for most Paradox DLC since around CKIII came out, if not earlier.

I mean, I feel like a mildly talented 9th grader is around as good as my writing ever got, so I think it’s understandable that’s about as good as you’re likely to see for awhile from AI generated text.

Y’all play games with friends? My irl friends only really like FPSs, and since that’s not my jam we don’t really play together. And most of the people I know online are more into single player games until I found them in an mmo (but even then we tend to only play that one together).

You can always put your phone down. I also get the pressure to return a text/dm right away, but as far as I can tell no one that I actually want to talk to expects that immediate response.

I can’t help but feel like a lot of the “the internet was better back in the day” is rose colored glasses. Things were just as fragmented, but were even less welcoming to our groups, there was more questionable content that people were trying to trick you into viewing. It definitely wasn’t all bad, but it feels like it’s coming from the same impulse as every other “things were better back in my day.”

You can kind of do something like this already. You are able to host a small instance of your preferred fediverse software and create an account on it. I don’t know if I really like the approach or not, but it’s something I’ve thought about recently.

Yeah, but are they making their faceless shareholders insane profits? I say this as a joke, but I do feel like that’s a large reason why Comcast and the like are so terrible to their customers.

Pretty much already there on some subs.

Obviously you have to take a corporation at it’s word, but Valve has said that in the event they’re going to take Steam down, they have a button to push to make it so your games will stop trying to phone home.

The no federation is recent (and due to the antiDDoS measures as mentioned in the post). I’ve engaged with some communities on their and talk with some people from it. I personally haven’t checked it out, but a lot of what I’ve heard is that it’s an easier onboarding experience.

Just remember: Only You can prevent dead communities!

I’m definitely not going to defend it in this case, but I’m not opposed to preordering a game I know I’m going to play from a developer I trust. The list is small, though.

If you like/are interested in the tycoon type of RTS management games, I really enjoyed Jurassic World Evolution. Instead of building an amusement park, you build a zoo of dinosaurs, often rescuing them from the wilds (after they escaped from the movies).

Otherwise RimWorld, which you said you have, and Dwarf Fortress are the classics but can be hard to get into. I hate recommending going to YouTube, but I know there are some “let’s plays” that can really help you get over the hump that comes after the tutorial.

It definitely sucks, but always nice to hear about a mature breakup on the internet ❤️

I tried that, but in the end it turns out I found hunting for mods more fun than actually playing them.

Yeah, Bastion is pretty much the only one I’ve listened to after finishing a game, and it always takes me right back to playing it.

If a lot of bad actors seem to originate from a single instance that instance will end up de-federated (unlinked) from the rest of the community, isolating them.

Hamburger menu in the top left, then hit the down arrow to see “+ Add Account”, hit that and then put in your info and it should log you in.