I spend enough time playing whack-a-mole on my various platforms now that I might as well call it a hobby.

I don’t want to see any Reddit communities. Anything worth emulating there died 10 or more years ago. I’d rather we came up with our own original communities with actual standards.

IMO the worst Reddit communities are the ones themed around other Reddit communities and posts. Best of XYZ, XYZ updates, XYZ drama, etc. They are designed to generate shit-tier rage commentary and they get reposted relentlessly. I miss the days when reposters would get attacked in the comments and mass downvoted.

You can’t get ye flask.

Part of the issue IMO is that so many of our Lemmy communities are just copies of subreddits. The bot creators see a subreddit shaped hole so of course they want to fuck it. Having communities with new original themes might help deter the bots, and the natural content might be more interesting too!

I’m on a roguelike buzz again.

Played a bit of Rangedrifter. It’s maybe got the best atmosphere of any roguelike I’ve ever played, but it’s pretty early in development so not enough content to be satisfying yet.

Now I’m onto Lost Flame which is kind of like a roguelike demake of Dark Souls… the combat is amazing and I can’t stop playing even though it’s kicking my arse. So far I’ve had the most success with dex/spear builds but I’m starting to get into scroll and potion shenanigans and it’s kind of blowing my mind trying to comprehend the possibilities!

Live and drink!