Masto to Lemmy works OK. Lemmy to Masto not at all. I have a hazy memory of someone posting to Lemmy from a Friendica instance but might be wrong.

Generally, its a bit indifferent.

If you stick to the apps that are indicated as being well supported it’s good. The main reason I use it is because I’m part of a team that includes people not comfortable with the command line so having a web interface to manage a server means not everything falls on my shoulders.

Glad that red circle is there otherwise I would never have noticed that in this story about a book he was photographed holding a book.

I fully support the autonomous right of all people to make informed decisions about their own lives and on paper the idea is a no-brainer.

But unless the legislation surrounding it is very, very tight it could easily be misused or abused. We already live in societies where people with disabilities - particularly learning based disabilities - are seen as having less value. I have overheard conversations where people pass comment on people with disabilities such as “Can’t be much of a life”, “would’ve been better for them if they’d died at birth” etc etc.

Amongst the first group of people the Nazi’s targeted were people with disabilities that they referred to as ‘useless eaters’ and subhuman.

I’m not suggesting that laws allowing self-euthanasia are akin to fascism so don’t Godwin me. All I’m saying is that without very strong legislation and a lot of checks, laws like this can be used to justify a lot of things.

And it’ll stay that way until people use, and keep using, this space. So, to use an overused phrase, be the change you want to see :)

Well quite ;)

Thank you!

There was some talk awhile ago of the devs maybe extending feeds beyond Communities to Posts and Comments too but I don’t think it ever got off the ground. Would certainly be way easier to do what I think you want if they did exist.

I pay Bitwarden the tenner a year as I have no reason to distrust them and they’re definitely providing a more reliable, securer service than I can self-host.

I also do an encrypted export once per week and store that export to an encrypted cloud based service and an encrypted USB stick. Takes 2 minutes.

Bandcamp is still OK for me and I listen to some fairly obscure stuff.

Just to offer a heads up - there’s a new solution/site which is currently in Beta but is backed by good people (musicians). It needs an influx of music diversity (lots of metal at the moment) but if it gets that when it comes out of beta then it could very well be a good Bandcamp replacament - Ampwall

We do tell people. For example, when you get off the train at Reading station it clearly says “Welcome to Reading”.

Oh I’m sure the 'core bands are much better live than recorded - I haven’t had chance to see LS yet but I will if they head over here.

Yeah, your comment about standing in a silent crowd watching a great party from a distance is exactly how I feel about stadium shows.

I think (and this is just my personal opinion) - the 'core stuff sounds too overproduced if that makes sense? I like to hear a bit of feedback or fingers on the fretboard or just some example that shows me its being played by humans lol.

Its not terrible music by any means, despite what some of the more gatekeepy tyes say, and Will Ramos of Lorna Shore has a truly awesome vocal talent but it just all feels a bit…I dunno…lifeless and flat. I do like Worm Shepherd though of that subgenre, they’re not afraid to slow it down a bit and put equal emphasis on the guitars as the drums and vocals.

Did you not get to see Accept then? Shame, they’re awesome live.

All those names I mentioned can still draw a massive crowd. Trouble is, they know it and set ticket prices accordingly. I also personally am not a fan of seeing bands in stadium sized arenas. If a venue is so big they need to erect huge TV screens you’ve kind of missed the point of seeing a live act IMO.

A lot of younger people (younger than me anyway, which is most people these days) seem to be getting into metal via deathcore. I know deathcore is not popular amongst metalheads but I don’t really mind it. Its not exactly my thing but its OK. I see younger people going to see bands like Lorna Shore, Spiritbox, Slaughter to Prevail etc. There also seems to be a lot of post-black bands getting bigger here in the UK - Hundred Year Old Man, Ba’al, Hidden Mothers are all on the verge of something.

In terms of bands that people outside of the community might also know - Slipknot, Metallica, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, maybe Judas Priest are the only names I can think of that have entered mainstream consciousness. By which I mean that people know the names and that they’re metal bands even if they’ve never listened to metal/rock in their lives.

I think everyone else is only ‘big’ internally to the community. So we know that (for example) Amon Amarth are a big name that could headline a festival but anyone who’s not into metal wouldn’t have a scooby who they even were.

If an instance has alt front ends they’re usually listed in the sidebar of that instances home page :)

The only other one available on your instance is: https://oldsh.itjust.works/ but you could login to your instance using the alexandrite installation on the project page

You can do whatever you want mate, just take the stick out of your arse first. No one’s being pressured to do anything.

Being old does the trick for me.

Pensioner is short for OAP (Old Age Pensioner), so called because they are retired and eligible for the state pension.

Can’t recall them being the butt of a lot of jokes though.