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minus-squarePlasmaDistortion@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·1 year agoSometimes it’s fun to just sit back and watch platforms combust due to their own arrogance.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWe’ll save you a seat, but you’ll need to bring your own popcorn. Anyway I’m glad this shitshow happened because it was a much needed boost for federated software like Lemmy.
minus-squareHistorical_General@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThese were weeks where decades happened.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoRemember the old memes? Those were the days…
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoElon calls them Rapid Unplanned Disassemblies.
minus-squarerafadavidc@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoTurns out X is giving it to itself. Ironic.
minus-squareclausetrophobic@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAnd remind ourselves that it find very easily happen to the fediverse! All it takes is mass defederation, some vulnerability, anything ego driven… humans still run this platform and it wouldn’t take much to bring it down.
Sometimes it’s fun to just sit back and watch platforms combust due to their own arrogance.
We’ll save you a seat, but you’ll need to bring your own popcorn.
Anyway I’m glad this shitshow happened because it was a much needed boost for federated software like Lemmy.
These were weeks where decades happened.
Remember the old memes? Those were the days…
Elon calls them Rapid Unplanned Disassemblies.
Turns out X is giving it to itself. Ironic.
And remind ourselves that it find very easily happen to the fediverse! All it takes is mass defederation, some vulnerability, anything ego driven… humans still run this platform and it wouldn’t take much to bring it down.