I’ve been really impressed with how quickly Connect has shaped up after the whole influx of new users.

Most places that have HR like this work their employees too hard for them to have time to use a ping pong table anyway, so it’s really just a hollow gesture.

A bold move, cotton. Let’s see if it pays off.

Exactly. At first glance it can spit out some really impressive stuff, but turning that content into a coherent piece of artwork still takes imagination and skill.

I can’t draw very well, but I’ve gotten good at compositing and image manipulation over the years. SD is amazing, but it doesn’t mean that I don’t spend hours and hours piecing together an image to be the way I wanted it.

Calling out the bulkiest NVME drive I’ve ever seen.

I don’t think I’m familiar with that, but I’d like to be.

I feel like that will even itself out in time. With a huge influx of Redditors, comparing the services is going to be a hot topic for awhile. The communities need to settle and the people who will stay will stay. Over time, it’ll be less self-referential and more original content I think.

More like Whyoming.

Woot woot fellow Minnesotan!

It’s not a perfect clone, but it definitely eases the transition. I gave it a try and found it quite usable.

I use Krita almost exclusively, but gimp is a lot more usable with photogimp.

Yeah I’m waiting for Boost and Sync to become available, but I gotta say that Connect has shaped up real nice a lot faster than I would’ve expected. Who knows, I might end up sticking with it.

Definitely notice the improved speed and fewer errors lately. Thanks so much for hosting a great instance, and for keeping up with its needs.

Oh lawd they comin’.

A lot of this stuff is pretty opaque to me, but I still read through it because I love how detailed they are in sharing what’s going on under the hood and how it relates to problems users experience. Kudos to you guys!

Or even more briefly:

Users: plz don’t suck

Spez: no

Users: byyyyyyeeeee

Every goddamn time.

I’m keeping my account live so that I can still interact and ask questions in threads when I get taken there by search results. Reddit ultimately shows up a lot when looking for solutions to technical problems.

As far as browsing and contributing, I think I’m sticking with Lemmy. Things are just starting to get good.

Boost bros unite!