Maybe we need a Meh button that means, “I’m not interested in this type of material.” Or as a confirmation on a downvote.

Great news TBH. I think Lemmy is better off without users who think douchevoting is that important. Enjoy reddit!

I disagree. One-sided upvotes clearly have meaning - it means more people like a thing or think it has merit. Downvotes also have meaning. Disabling downvotes just says if you don’t like something we don’t care, just move on. I don’t mind that at all.

Are you saying entire communities can be downvoted? I didn’t even realize that. But it seems entirely unnecessary because people can block communities they don’t like.

Never thought I would say this but PLEASE let Trump live another 4 years.

One of these OCDs is not like the others.

Pretty sure it depends on where you live. My CenturyLink gigabit internet in Seattle is superb, symmetrical up/down, $75/mo. Haven’t had significant problems in 10 or 15 years.

Imitation Intelligence, captain.

The fuck? This must be on Win 11. My Notepad still has to be told whether to search Down or Up, just like in 1990.

Please take this shit somewhere else.

He can do whatever the fuck he wants now. Half the country wants to make him king. Fucking idiots.

Keep 'em rolling!

Whew! Good thing the moral purity brigade shunned Kamala Harris.

Apparently Hitler had a dog. So maybe reexamine your beliefs if you think dogs are good judges of character lol.

That reminds me to rewatch Danger 5.

“Your mission… yada yada, and as always; Kill Hitler!”

Yeah the Orange Sack of Shit is useful to a lot of people.

Yes, in another comment I explained that many years ago I wrote a software package to map program functions to the F keys, which on my keyboard were arranged in 2 columns of 5 on the left. It was before putting them in a single row across the top became the standard. The software displayed a diagram showing the key functions, laid out in the same pattern as the physical keys. I found it very easy to get the hang of looking at this diagram and pressing the right button without looking at the keys. Each keypress brought up new options, basically a multilevel submenu system, but using the buttons was faster than moving a mouse around and clicking.

Of course the concept is very obsolete for normal computer keyboards because that f-key layout isn’t around anymore. But if the device had the buttons right under the screen the key functions could be displayed above them. I could see that “soft buttons” concept becoming popular.

It’s popular enough for me already. I kind of hope it doesn’t become the online site because that will just attract trolls.

I’ve also been using Trust Café (aka WT.Social) but I like the Lemmy UI a lot better.

I think we’ll see multipurpose function buttons under the display, that change function programmatically depending on what the app is doing.

No I wouldn’t say touchscreens are out, I would say augmenting them with physical buttons is about to get popular.