The fediverse is somewhat inherently a low-trust environment. Centralized social media (including traditional web forums) has only one database of users, so its administrators are able to keep track of similarities (in geolocation, email addresses, style even of deleted posts, etc.). Here every instance has its own database of users; if you register on another instance, it will be very difficult for anyone to figure out you’re the same person.

The fediverse is also still obscure enough that mostly it’s still a relatively high-quality place and this has mostly not been a real problem. You should join an instance, and communities, that moderate to give you an enjoyable experience. What that means varies according to person; I don’t mind the things you list very much, but am very glad I have not gotten any messages from fediverse chick Nicole in a while by now.

On a German QWERTZ keyboard too, μ is the only Greek letter you can easily type (altgr+m) and I’m pretty sure this is because of micro units.

Idk but if you’re just looking for the repo I think this is it: https://github.com/IRS-Public/direct-file

I may have found one (coincidentally a few minutes after seeing this thread): https://discuss.tchncs.de/modlog?userId=20528183

no, I agree with the above user that it would be better to federate images too, for at least the following reasons:

• redundancy: see the OP
• privacy reasons: images loaded from other instances inform the other instance that one is viewing those images, do you trust all of them?
• censorship reasons: some lemmy instances are blocked in my workplace and I can never look at images from them when browsing at work; others may be blocked in entire countries

If I’m not mistaken, Mastodon already does federate images to other instances, so it isn’t unheard of.

this is your brain on it being ok for governments to regulate the Internet :(

according to https://dot.kde.org/2009/11/24/repositioning-kde-brand/ “KDE” no longer stands for anything

even that would not be false, plenty of KDE software can run on Windows 10

(remember that “KDE” is the name of the community, not of the desktop environment “Plasma”)

I know that instance had a policy of trying not to defederate from anything (unless very necessary). Is there another instance like this that will not be shutting down?

Man kann im Internet Koffeinkapseln bestellen, die haben denselben aufputschenden Effekt wie Kaffee; ich schätze, die werden davon nicht betroffen sein (lasse mich aber in dieser Frage gerne widerlegen)?

The screenshot in the OP is KDE Plasma I’m pretty sure.

I think that instance is defederated by some instances? Check that first.

Any given instance (A) knows about all communities that have at least one subscriber on A. Maybe it doesn’t have any subscribers on the instance you’re trying to see it from yet, in which case try subscribing to it by searching for its exact name.

I frog mi, wos des bringan sui, i maan, gibts iwahaupt Vualesprogramme, de wos Bairisch vualesn kennan?

Auf meiner Instaunz kaunn i des außadem eh no ned auswöhn.

Don’t forget that 20 years ago, no kids had social media

What does the word “social media” even mean?

Because I was definitely on web forums in 2005. I was a preteen back then.