Truck_kun

joined 2 years ago
[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The unwelcoming post title aside (I assume in jest)...

A single takeaway of my personal opinion from this series of polls is that Gen Z is comfortable with themselves, don't feel the need to hide, and the older generations are following suit and/or the long fought battle for social change from the older generations have finally yielded an environment that people can just be themselves.

I'm 100% straight millennial (and thus didn't have to deal with this struggle personally), but I can for sure say the general culture today, I would feel comfortable being out in, but in 2012.... I would not have been. Still dealing with people I thought were accepting people falling for the the Prop 8 BS from.. what was that, 2008?

Proud for having a generally more accepting and welcoming culture/society.

[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh no, it is a web app (essentially just a website). If you see someone speaking of a web app, it typically won't require any downloading, or separate applications. It is just delivered through your regular browser (like Firefox in your case).

Unless Apollo comes back with a Lemmy version, I don't intend to ever download a Lemmy app.

[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

I've only ever used vger.app (just a frontend in your web browser). It does have filter and block settings under the Settings menu.

Due to that though I'm not really familiar with standard Lemmy and other apps. I think a recent update to Lemmy itself added the ability to personally block whole instances. I don't see that option in the vger app, but should be available from your instance login if it is up to date.

[–] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

This is a message to people in generally, not specifically the top level comment:

If your instance, or app/frontend offers a keyword filter/block, I would suggest adding Chappelle to the list.

Politicians, or words of violence can also be added if you generally want a joyful experience on Lemmy; staying up to date the news and politics can be important, but some people get plenty of that from outside of Lemmy, and may want this to be a space to relax, chill, or experience their interests and hobbies, or something important to them on a personal level.