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Cake day: October 6th, 2023

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  • Sad news.

    I tried Omegle years ago close to when it came out and it was fun entertainment for a short while, though I didn’t stick around because one of the issues was that if you ended up striking an interesting and wholesome conversation, you’d never meet this person again and this bothered me.

    Reading its epitaph shows there was a lot of work done on it to maintain it and catch evil users, so I’m much more impressed now.

    RIP Omegle, you were a nice experiment!







  • It’s not easy to jump ship (because of the network effect) and possibly not being tech savvy enough to know where to land.

    I jumped ship from Reddit this year after reading some posts about alternatives. I tried Tildes too, which I found interesting, but more of an experiment, than a substitute.

    King (and others like him) may not know alternatives exist and can work just as easily.

    Also, even if King knew of Mastodon, maybe his fans wouldn’t jump ship too even if he had said he’s moving there

    It’s complicated




  • When someone says this, it's a recurring joke, but when I've read your comment, it's the first time I actually think it may happen.

    Well, I don't expect a takeover at all, but perhaps I envision something like this year's Reddit migration: I imagine some individuals or companies won't stand for it and switch to Linux.

    So maybe in one year Linux on desktop will go from 2% global installations, to 3% or 4% which would be a colossal uptake!

    (I admit I've not checked the current percentage of Linux installations, it was 2% years ago, but maybe it's already higher)