Lemmy shouldn’t have avatars, banners, or bios

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  • It isn’t censorship if you can just turn it off and see everything. It’s a warning for people who want to browse at work but not view content that can get them in trouble

    Just turn it off and ignore it if it doesn’t apply to you. The rest of us want the tag to be used for its purpose.


  • Aa!@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldNSFW Tag for drug use?
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    4 days ago

    Which you can easily turn off if you don’t browse Lemmy at work.

    Just because you don’t use the tag for its intended purpose doesn’t mean everyone doesn’t. The tag has a clear purpose, denoted by what it stands for. Most people with adult jobs understand its purpose. Don’t ruin the tag’s purpose for the rest of us by devaluing it




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    What do you think the tag is for?

    People at work don’t (shouldn’t) click on NSFW-tagged content. If it draws your eye even more, then I assume you don’t browse from work.

    How would it defeat the purpose to tag content that most workplaces would not be okay with? If you don’t mind seeing the content, then the tag might entice you. People at work will recognize it and not click


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    The NSFW tag is part of the mechanism to curate the feed.

    I’m not sure why people get offended by people wanting to use social media but not wanting to view content that can get them fired. If the content doesn’t bother you, then you shouldn’t filter NSFW content. It’s not like the NSFW tag is censoring the content and preventing you from seeing it if you click it.

    For people with jobs, why not make it easier to filter the things that companies don’t like? It doesn’t affect you any.






  • I’m mostly thinking about before the days of “swipe right/swipe left” but you put in information about your personality and you got recommendations based on that.

    It wasn’t so frantic or based on getting every match you could get, it was about getting matches that were most likely to click with you.





  • Perhaps this will be unpopular, but it was all Raul Julia. He definitely out-Gomezed John Astin, but Carolyn Jones was something else.

    I don’t mean to sleight Anjelica Huston, but it would be difficult to fail working opposite Raul, and Carolyn Jones was frequently the one carrying John Astin in the series.

    Not to speak ill of Astin either, because he was good, but he played it differently


  • Aa!@lemmy.worldtoTechnology@lemmy.worldAny LinkedIn alternatives?
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    3 months ago

    I have such bad things to say about recruiters. They generally don’t have a clue about any of the skills related to the jobs I’m after, and they take a huge cut of the pay the entire time I’m working the job.

    On the other hand, the two best jobs (highest pay and best working environment) I’ve had in my career, I got through recruiters, so I acknowledge them as a useful business when it works out. The last one has led to the company buying my contract and hiring me directly for the past 12 years



  • Aa!@lemmy.worldtoRisa@startrek.websiteTNG v DS9
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    I’m not saying fan theories aren’t allowed, I just said I’m not a fan of it.

    I would hardly call their outings “secret” when it involves Kira getting into costume and walking clear across the promenade before deciding the holosuite isn’t for her. I just didn’t interpret any of the details as “hints they were dating” when the simpler “friends going out to do something fun” was not only on the table, it was clearly the intention of the scene.

    For the record, I didn’t see Garak and Julian as dating either. Sure, Garak may have been trying, but Julian was more enamored with the spy scenario and intrigue than Garak himself as a potential partner


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    4 months ago

    Honestly, I’m not the biggest fan of the tendency to interpret platonic relationships as sexual ones. I do get the desire for more representation, but I just wish the community wasn’t so willing to ignore regular old platonic friendships.

    I’m sure that comes mostly from me as a guy who puts more emphasis on strong platonic bonds than sexual relationships. But I just don’t see Julian and O’Brien’s “bromance” as a boyfriend relationship, nor did I see Kira and Jadzia’s as dating either.