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I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • Yep, that was one of them. Do you think that's a good mechanism to automatically delete all user's content when they get banned? Those example titles you shared don't seem like obvious trolling nor obviously worthy of an account ban, and the collateral damage of deleting valid & popular threads seems bad.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • How are you supposed to link to a source when it's completely deleted?

    You can see it in my profile though:

    @MaximilianKohler to Ask Lemmy Ex Redditors of Lemmy what made you come on over? What happened at Reddit that you made the switch? • 5 days ago

    This is the link and it looks like it's been restored https://lemmy.world/post/17593614

    I looked in the mod log https://lemmy.world/modlog/3106 and it says:

    4 hours ago mod Restored Post Ex Redditors of Lemmy what made you come on over? What happened at Reddit that you made the switch? reason: restoring post as it was deleted as a result of the user getting instance banned from lemmy.ml

    There is no log of why/when it was removed.

    I looked up another one from https://lemmy.world/c/nostupidquestions titled "Where's all the intelligent discussion at?", which was removed for rule 7. I don't agree with the removal reason, but none of this is relevant to the point of the OP. You guys are sidetracking.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • That's a lot of effort you're putting into something that can easily disappear at any point.

    That is the point of this thread. You've chosen to deceptively magnify one part of it to twist things for your own purpose, which also seems to be a primary purpose of a lot of people on Lemmy -- antagonizing other Lemmy users.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • Why would you want a lemmy.ml link though?

    That's where the thread is. It was created on lemmy.ml and crossposted to lemmy.world. When crossposting from lemmy.ml to lemmy.world it says "crossposted from lemmy.world", which is wrong and confusing, and defeats the purpose of crossposting (informing people about similar communities or other instances).

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • “My posts keep getting deleted!”

    — user looks into public info to find out why your posts might be being deleted —

    Nice try, but that's deceptive. This thread was not about my personal posts. I even gave an example of a recent thread (that I did not make) with hundreds of comments. You're further proving my point.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • It sounds like you're saying it's impossible, but I'm doubtful of that. Currently there is no fediverse link for the thread, so I think one could be added that links to the lemmy.ml post. I crossposted from lemmy.ml and the crosspost should say so.

    If the devs conclude it's not possible or wanted, that's fine. But this is my feedback.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • It's exceedingly bizarre how many people on Lemmy rush to defend Reddit and attack other Lemmy users for anything possible.

    This thread had absolutely nothing to do with that, yet you somehow dug through months of mod logs to find the one thread that would allow to you attack me.

    "You have a history of being inflammatory towards Reddit on Lemmy! This is not acceptable behavior on Lemmy!"

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes
  • The “fediverse link” on a post

    I'm only seeing those links on comments, not the thread. Has it always been like that?

    "The instance of the person who posted it" seems to be reasonable for comments, but not the thread.

  • I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17779430

    > A large percentage of threads I've created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone. > > This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content. > > The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method. > > A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here. > > --- > > EDIT: I see that the "fediverse" link for posts has been removed. I posted this to lemmy.ml from a lemmy.world account and there's no way for me to get the lemmy.ml link now. And when I crosspost it it shows a lemmy.world link instead of the lemmy.ml one. I think this should be changed [back].

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    I think thread deletion is problematic and needs some consideration and changes

    A large percentage of threads I've created or participated in have been deleted. Worse is that when visiting the URL everything is completely gone.

    This is much more drastic when compared with Reddit thread deletions, where the thread is there and so is the discussion. And the creator of the thread has access to their content.

    The Lemmy method discourages people from participating in threads and creating high-quality content, much more so than the Reddit method.

    A bunch of lively and useful discussions on Lemmy have completely disappeared. And it makes it seem like a waste of time to even contribute content here.

    ---

    EDIT: I see that the "fediverse" link for posts has been removed. I posted this to lemmy.ml from a lemmy.world account and there's no way for me to get the lemmy.ml link now. And when I crosspost it it shows a lemmy.world link instead of the lemmy.ml one. I think this should be changed [back].

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    Climate change could return us to the pre-antibiotic era
  • I agree that it can be difficult to tell if cherry-picking is happening. One thing to look for is literature reviews (which are included there), and look up the names of the experts who are cited (Martin Blaser).

  • It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?
  • Because people expect to pay the same price they’ve been paying for twenty / thirty years with no drop in quality?

    No. It appears that you didn't watch the video. It's being done purposely by the manufacturers.

  • It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?

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    It's Not Just Shein: Why Are ALL Your Clothes Worse Now?

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    Where's all the intelligent discussion at?
  • I have the exact same frustration. Reddit has been a complete mess for years. Unfortunately, Lemmy is only slightly better, and still seems to be astroturfed and filled with overconfident, unintelligent people who spread misinformation. I shared the link above on one of the /c/reddit lemmy communities and it was heavily astroturfed and then deleted by a mod for a ridiculous reason.

    I posted in various other communities about a completely different topic and the only intelligent response I received was a PM.

    I've blocked close to a hundred "fluff" (low-quality) communities on Lemmy, so my feed is highly curated. But the fluff/low-quality communities vastly outnumber the high-quality ones. One of the problems may simply be that intelligent people are rare, and are not spending their time on sites like Lemmy.

    People keep making threads about this, and speculating that Lemmy might be astroturfed by people who don't want to see it succeed. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be a viable solution. You would need extremely competent and active moderators, or we have to wait until AI becomes advanced enough to neutrally and accurately moderate.

    This is one reason I opted to move my Reddit communities to a forum instead of Lemmy. The problem with that is small forums don't show up on search engines. Some forum software teams are joining the fediverse though, so that should help. But not all forums have intelligent people either, so it's definitely a struggle to find these days.

  • Collapse is inevitable because of ignorant, dumb people? I think there are ways to address this. Here are my suggestions.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16659287

    > First, you need to understand the factors that contribute to one person being low functioning and another high functioning. > > Human health, development, and function are multifactorial: Genetics, epigenetics, microbiome, diet, environmental/industrial pollution, socioeconomic influences, etc. > > I have a two-step proposal. > > 1. The first step is to limit the impact of low-functioning individuals. https://www.highiqpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IQ-Bell-Curve.png. Right now society is set up so that society is run by the wealthy and the low functioning majority. This results in these people voting for, and implementing policies that exacerbate the problems instead of fixing them. > 2. The second step is to take action to raise the level of functioning of the human population. This second part probably takes the most learning for the average person. Most people seem to have a very very poor understanding of human health, development, and function. But I tried to condense it into that one article. > > My suggestion for tackling the first step is to implement a cognitive (IQ, EQ, etc.) test for city, state, and federal representatives. > > Having an IQ test to vote seems problematic. Firstly because of how things like that were used in the past to disenfranchise certain populations. Secondly, the problem right now is that not enough people vote, and that results in the wealthy controlling the government and laws. > > I think a better solution is (at minimum) a cognitive test for anyone running for a government position so that can be factored into people's assessment of them. But possibly that won't be enough and it will be necessary to set some minimum requirements for test results. > > This way you don't give the option for dumb people to vote for other dumb people. They only get to choose between two intelligent ones. > > Some smart people may be corrupt or sociopathic, so this test should be a full psychological evaluation. > > I'm curious if it would be possible to get people like Ibram X. Kendi (who gives an interview here on antiracism, anticapitalism and the eugenicist origins of IQ and SAT tests) to agree on both implementation of this solution and an appropriate IQ/psych test for it. I would base my argument to people like him on this type of data [1][2]. > > My position is also based on polling data from Australia which showed that a political group that is in the vast minority in most countries is the most intelligent, and largest (percentage-wise) supporters of evidence-based policy and holders of evidence-based beliefs. This coincides with the IQ graph I linked earlier. A cognitive test requirement like this should boost the influence of that party and its supporters. > > --- > > My suggestions for tackling the second step by making people smarter are in this document (which I haven't updated for years). It's doable via a variety of biological and societal interventions. > > The problem again is that it's low-functioning people preventing us from implementing these fixes. Possibly if enough intelligent people understand and agree on these fixes and be vocal enough about implementing them we could get it done. > > In my opinion, Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) are one of the most promising aspects of this second step. One problem is the people who qualify to be stool donors appear to be extremely rare. You can read more about the current status of FMT in this blog. If you have the ability to influence or fund clinical trials, read this. > > As is, with the health of the population rapidly declining, I feel like I'm living in Idiocracy, and surely collapse will be inevitable if nothing is changed.

    I posted this on Reddit a few years ago. Thanks to everyone moving communities over to Lemmy so we no longer have to use and link to Reddit.

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    Collapse is inevitable because of ignorant, dumb people? I think there are ways to address this. Here are my suggestions.

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16659287

    > First, you need to understand the factors that contribute to one person being low functioning and another high functioning. > > Human health, development, and function are multifactorial: Genetics, epigenetics, microbiome, diet, environmental/industrial pollution, socioeconomic influences, etc. > > I have a two-step proposal. > > 1. The first step is to limit the impact of low-functioning individuals. https://www.highiqpro.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/IQ-Bell-Curve.png. Right now society is set up so that society is run by the wealthy and the low functioning majority. This results in these people voting for, and implementing policies that exacerbate the problems instead of fixing them. > 2. The second step is to take action to raise the level of functioning of the human population. This second part probably takes the most learning for the average person. Most people seem to have a very very poor understanding of human health, development, and function. But I tried to condense it into that one article. > > My suggestion for tackling the first step is to implement a cognitive (IQ, EQ, etc.) test for city, state, and federal representatives. > > Having an IQ test to vote seems problematic. Firstly because of how things like that were used in the past to disenfranchise certain populations. Secondly, the problem right now is that not enough people vote, and that results in the wealthy controlling the government and laws. > > I think a better solution is (at minimum) a cognitive test for anyone running for a government position so that can be factored into people's assessment of them. But possibly that won't be enough and it will be necessary to set some minimum requirements for test results. > > This way you don't give the option for dumb people to vote for other dumb people. They only get to choose between two intelligent ones. > > Some smart people may be corrupt or sociopathic, so this test should be a full psychological evaluation. > > I'm curious if it would be possible to get people like Ibram X. Kendi (who gives an interview here on antiracism, anticapitalism and the eugenicist origins of IQ and SAT tests) to agree on both implementation of this solution and an appropriate IQ/psych test for it. I would base my argument to people like him on this type of data [1][2]. > > My position is also based on polling data from Australia which showed that a political group that is in the vast minority in most countries is the most intelligent, and largest (percentage-wise) supporters of evidence-based policy and holders of evidence-based beliefs. This coincides with the IQ graph I linked earlier. A cognitive test requirement like this should boost the influence of that party and its supporters. > > --- > > My suggestions for tackling the second step by making people smarter are in this document (which I haven't updated for years). It's doable via a variety of biological and societal interventions. > > The problem again is that it's low-functioning people preventing us from implementing these fixes. Possibly if enough intelligent people understand and agree on these fixes and be vocal enough about implementing them we could get it done. > > In my opinion, Fecal Microbiota Transplants (FMT) are one of the most promising aspects of this second step. One problem is the people who qualify to be stool donors appear to be extremely rare. You can read more about the current status of FMT in this blog. If you have the ability to influence or fund clinical trials, read this. > > As is, with the health of the population rapidly declining, I feel like I'm living in Idiocracy, and surely collapse will be inevitable if nothing is changed.

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    Critical appraisal of the SIBO hypothesis and breath testing: A clinical practice update endorsed by the European and American societies of neurogastroenterology and motility (2024)

    This is important because "SIBO" has become a really popular "internet diagnosis", and the primary intervention is an antibiotic with potentially severe side effects.

    >Key points > > - The SIBO-IBS hypothesis has stimulated significant research into the role of the microbiota in symptoms of DBGI but remains unproven. > - This hypothesis has resulted in serious unintended consequences, namely the use of poorly validated breath tests to diagnose SIBO and the resulting injudicious use of antibiotics. > - The lactulose breath test (LBT) is primarily a measure of intestinal transit and has very low sensitivity and specificity to diagnose SIBO. > - The glucose breath test (GBT) has better performance characteristics if the pre-test probability is high, as found in conditions underlying classical SIBO, but also has a high false-positive rate in DGBI. > - Future studies in DGBI are needed to better understand the impact of bacterial communities, their metabolites, and diet-host interactions in the small and large intestine on DGBI symptoms and move away from the sole focus on absolute numbers of bacteria.

    >In this review, we examine why the SIBO hypothesis remains unproven and, given the unintended consequences, discuss why it is time to reject this hypothesis and its reliance on breath testing.

    More info & discussion.

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    Is Shrimp Good for You? It’s Complicated. Americans love their prawns. So how healthy are they — for us and for the planet? (May 2024)

    www.nytimes.com Is Shrimp Good for You? It’s Complicated.

    Americans love their prawns. So how healthy are they — for us and for the planet?

    Is Shrimp Good for You? It’s Complicated.

    >Because they’re near the bottom of the food chain, shrimp don’t generally tend to accumulate the environmental toxins, like mercury or dioxins, found in big predators such as tuna or swordfish.

    >Mercury and arsenic can build up in the sludge under shrimp ponds. However, even the highest levels of heavy metals Dr. Martín has found in Ecuadorean farmed shrimp were half of what one sees in the least contaminated tuna.

    >Frozen shrimp may contain preservatives like sodium tripolyphosphate and sodium bisulfite, which people with sulfite or phosphate sensitivities may want to avoid.

    >In many countries, shrimp farms also use large amounts of antibiotics to keep the animals healthy. [...] has found banned antibiotics in imported shrimp, as well as unlabeled preservatives.

    >Wild-caught shrimp are more expensive but also tastier and less likely to be contaminated with environmental toxins.

    >When it comes to the health of the oceans, many experts say shrimp is among the most damaging foods you can eat.

    >In 2015, The Associated Press revealed the wide use of slave labor in the Thai shrimp industry. The U.S. Department of Labor has also called out shrimp production in Bangladesh, Myanmar and Cambodia for using child or forced labor. More recently, investigative reporting from The Outlaw Ocean Project offered a damning look at shrimp farming in India, the biggest shrimp importer to the United States, that raised concerns not just about labor practices, but also banned antibiotics and environmental damage.

    >Fishing practices in the United States and Canada again tend to be less harmful to ocean life than they are elsewhere. Otherwise, look for shrimp certified by the Marine Stewardship Council.

    >But experts said the most important thing you can do is simply ask about sustainable options. That signifies that there is a desire for sustainable seafood.

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    Real-life search for "the spice" (s23 ep8 Turd Burglars) -- screening millions of people looking for the perfect poop donor

    www.humanmicrobes.org High-quality stool donors are rarer than 1 in a million? AI, funding, potential — Human Microbes

    A large number of applicants, but the quality is poor. How this impacts you and how you can get involved.

    High-quality stool donors are rarer than 1 in a million? AI, funding, potential — Human Microbes

    It was probably largely what the episode was based on. Eg: this blog post discussing searching for top athletes https://www.humanmicrobes.org/blog/the-evidence-and-rationale-supporting-our-donor-criteria.

    I know this isn't meme format, but I saw another discussion post here and thought people would find this interesting :)

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    Twitter/x.com is now forcing you to disable Firefox's Enhance Tracking Protection.

    >Firefox’s Enhanced Tracking Protection (Strict Mode) is known to cause issues on x.com

    There were no "issues"; everything was working completely fine. This is a deliberate decision to force people to turn off tracking protection.

    I saw a recommendation to use Firefox's container extension https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/containers, but it's disabled in private browsing windows, and I always use private browsing windows.

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    There may be an existing solution to the chronic disease crisis, but a disabled patient seems to be the only person motivated enough to try to obtain it. And they've been failing going at it alone.

    www.humanmicrobes.org The FDA and FMT regulation. — Human Microbes

    Response to FDA warning letter, proposal for FMT regulation, and some background of this project.

    The FDA and FMT regulation. — Human Microbes
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    There may be an existing solution to the chronic disease crisis, but a disabled patient seems to be the only person motivated enough to try to obtain it. And they've been failing going at it alone.

    www.humanmicrobes.org The FDA and FMT regulation. — Human Microbes

    Response to FDA warning letter, proposal for FMT regulation, and some background of this project.

    The FDA and FMT regulation. — Human Microbes
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    When I try to submit a thread on Lemmy, the submit button turns into an endless loading loop icon

    Submitting from a lemmy.world account to a mander.xyz community.

    I've tried it multiple times, and this submission to [email protected] worked without issue.

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    Static site generator (SSG) alternative to Squarespace?

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12989654

    > I'm a novice so I chose the most novice-friendly option I could find - Squarespace. But I've had lots of problems with them, and they keep raising their prices, and they hide features like javascript code behind even higher prices. > > I learned about SSGs https://jamstack.org/generators, which create fast and secure sites that can be hosted for free on Netlify and other similar sites. The downside is they're limited to static content -- IE: you can't have a contact form without paying a 3rd party. > > I found a novice-friendly SSG theme for wikis/documentation -- MKDocs Material -- but I haven't been able to find anything for a regular business site. > > This seems to be one of the most popular Jekyll themes https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/about/ but it seems to be mainly for blogs and documentation, and doesn't seem to have all the design options that Squarespace does. > > I read that healthcare.gov used Jekyll https://medium.com/devseed/new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free-41c25249cf38 in conjunction with https://prose.io. So I looked it up and found this https://github.com/CMSgov/HealthCare.gov-Styleguide which actually seems pretty decent; but also not complete enough. Their newer version https://github.com/CMSgov/design-system seems more complete/extensive, but also quite technical. It looks like it requires too much coding for me. > > Weebly seems to be a slightly cheaper alternative to Squarespace but it's missing some features and Square might end it in a few years. > > I've never used Wordpress but now that I've hosted a few websites I'm thinking about purchasing Oxygen https://oxygenbuilder.com/ and hosting a Wordpress site myself. Oxygen is like a more advanced version of Squarespace with a 1-time payment equal to 1 year of Squarespace. Then you just have the monthly costs of hosting the server, which should be $5-10 (no idea how this scales with amount of traffic, do you?). There is a plugin/addon to export a static site, but it might not be worth the trouble. > > According to https://servebolt.com/articles/calculate-how-many-simultaneous-website-visitors/ a 2-core server ($5) with a webpage that takes 300ms to load can serve: > > - 400/minute > - 24,000/hr > - 288,000/12 hrs > > A lot of people use Wordpress, but also seem unsatisfied with it https://jamstack.org/survey/2022/#content-management-systems. > > The Gutenberg editor may be new since the last time I tried Wordpress https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/gutenberg-wordpress, and it looks pretty similar to Squarespace. So maybe I don't even need Oxygen. I looked up "Gutenberg vs Oxygen" and people were saying to go with Gutenberg. > > I've been considering Grav https://getgrav.org/ too, but similar to the SSGs, it doesn't seem to have all the design capabilities without coding them yourself. > > I've seen people say you can get chat GPT to write HTML code for you but I've never used it and it seems like it would be difficult to design a website that way. I looked for a video but only found one covering writing content, not code. > > I found out about Hostinger Website Builder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUjjGIfjh-4 which uses AI and looks very similar to Squarespace's builder. But there's no demo so I can't see exactly what it can do. But Hostinger is much cheaper than Squarespace, and you can choose to use Wordpress with it instead of the Hostinger builder. > > I checked GreenGeeks and they say "We offer drag and drop website builders like Weebly and SitePad". Sitepad is $12/yr and makes static sites, but it looks like you need one of the popular GUI web panels to use it https://sitepad.com/docs/admin/supported-control-panels/. Similar to Weebly, it's also a bit more limited -- IE: you can't open a contact form in a lightbox from a button https://sitepad.com/docs/enduser/contact-form. > > A benefit of using Hostinger or GreenGeeks is probably that I don't have to worry about a surge in traffic causing my site to go down. That's why I'm thinking they're a better option vs self-hosting on a VPS. > > I found this video that seems quite good and covers more options I didn't know about: > Ultimate Website Builder Comparison 2024 | Find the BEST One for You + Why I Hated Squarespace > > > Anyone know of better places/forums to discuss this type of thing? There seems to be hundreds of thousands of people using the jamstack SSGs but I haven't found a place where people discuss them. I've tried: > > - https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1909999 > - https://community.centminmod.com/threads/cheaper-squarespace-alternative-novice-friendly-static-site-generator-for-wikis-general-sites.24382/ > - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39216383 > >

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    Static site generator (SSG) alternative to Squarespace?

    I'm a novice so I chose the most novice-friendly option I could find - Squarespace. But I've had lots of problems with them, and they keep raising their prices, and they hide features like javascript code behind even higher prices.

    I learned about SSGs https://jamstack.org/generators, which create fast and secure sites that can be hosted for free on Netlify and other similar sites. The downside is they're limited to static content -- IE: you can't have a contact form without paying a 3rd party.

    I found a novice-friendly SSG theme for wikis/documentation -- MKDocs Material -- but I haven't been able to find anything for a regular business site.

    This seems to be one of the most popular Jekyll themes https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/about/ but it seems to be mainly for blogs and documentation, and doesn't seem to have all the design options that Squarespace does.

    I read that healthcare.gov used Jekyll https://medium.com/devseed/new-healthcare-gov-is-open-cms-free-41c25249cf38 in conjunction with https://prose.io. So I looked it up and found this https://github.com/CMSgov/HealthCare.gov-Styleguide which actually seems pretty decent; but also not complete enough. Their newer version https://github.com/CMSgov/design-system seems more complete/extensive, but also quite technical. It looks like it requires too much coding for me.

    Weebly seems to be a slightly cheaper alternative to Squarespace but it's missing some features and Square might end it in a few years.

    I've never used Wordpress but now that I've hosted a few websites I'm thinking about purchasing Oxygen https://oxygenbuilder.com/ and hosting a Wordpress site myself. Oxygen is like a more advanced version of Squarespace with a 1-time payment equal to 1 year of Squarespace. Then you just have the monthly costs of hosting the server, which should be $5-10 (no idea how this scales with amount of traffic, do you?). There is a plugin/addon to export a static site, but it might not be worth the trouble.

    According to https://servebolt.com/articles/calculate-how-many-simultaneous-website-visitors/ a 2-core server ($5) with a webpage that takes 300ms to load can serve:

    • 400/minute
    • 24,000/hr
    • 288,000/12 hrs

    A lot of people use Wordpress, but also seem unsatisfied with it https://jamstack.org/survey/2022/#content-management-systems.

    The Gutenberg editor may be new since the last time I tried Wordpress https://www.hostinger.com/tutorials/gutenberg-wordpress, and it looks pretty similar to Squarespace. So maybe I don't even need Oxygen. I looked up "Gutenberg vs Oxygen" and people were saying to go with Gutenberg.

    I've been considering Grav https://getgrav.org/ too, but similar to the SSGs, it doesn't seem to have all the design capabilities without coding them yourself.

    I've seen people say you can get chat GPT to write HTML code for you but I've never used it and it seems like it would be difficult to design a website that way. I looked for a video but only found one covering writing content, not code.

    I found out about Hostinger Website Builder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUjjGIfjh-4 which uses AI and looks very similar to Squarespace's builder. But there's no demo so I can't see exactly what it can do. But Hostinger is much cheaper than Squarespace, and you can choose to use Wordpress with it instead of the Hostinger builder.

    I checked GreenGeeks and they say "We offer drag and drop website builders like Weebly and SitePad". Sitepad is $12/yr and makes static sites, but it looks like you need one of the popular GUI web panels to use it https://sitepad.com/docs/admin/supported-control-panels/. Similar to Weebly, it's also a bit more limited -- IE: you can't open a contact form in a lightbox from a button https://sitepad.com/docs/enduser/contact-form.

    A benefit of using Hostinger or GreenGeeks is probably that I don't have to worry about a surge in traffic causing my site to go down. That's why I'm thinking they're a better option vs self-hosting on a VPS.

    I found this video that seems quite good and covers more options I didn't know about: Ultimate Website Builder Comparison 2024 | Find the BEST One for You + Why I Hated Squarespace

    Anyone know of better places/forums to discuss this type of thing? There seems to be hundreds of thousands of people using the jamstack SSGs but I haven't found a place where people discuss them. I've tried:

    • https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1909999
    • https://community.centminmod.com/threads/cheaper-squarespace-alternative-novice-friendly-static-site-generator-for-wikis-general-sites.24382/
    • https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39216383
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    The Discussion Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results - Reddit's dominance and the downsides of that

    detailed.com The Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results

    In an analysis of 10,000 keyphrases where product reviews rank highly, Google's increasingly prominent 'Discussions and forums' SERP feature was present

    The Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results

    cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12715607

    >"I didn’t notice a single new or low-post-count forum" > >"There Appears to Be No Benefit if a Forum is Hosted on a Subdomain or Which Software It Uses"

    The author lists many reasons why reddit should not be at the top of search results. I listed even more reasons here: Reddit is dangerous. The admins are out of control. Humanity needs a viable alternative.

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    Reddit @lemmy.ml MaximilianKohler @lemmy.world

    The Discussion Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results - Reddit's dominance and the downsides of that

    detailed.com The Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results

    In an analysis of 10,000 keyphrases where product reviews rank highly, Google's increasingly prominent 'Discussions and forums' SERP feature was present

    The Forums Dominating 10,000 Product Review Search Results

    >"I didn’t notice a single new or low-post-count forum" > >"There Appears to Be No Benefit if a Forum is Hosted on a Subdomain or Which Software It Uses"

    The author lists many reasons why reddit should not be at the top of search results. I listed even more reasons here: Reddit is dangerous. The admins are out of control. Humanity needs a viable alternative.

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    Reddit @lemmy.ml MaximilianKohler @lemmy.world

    Reddit is apparently a free-for-all for scammers and anyone with bad intentions to post libel.

    A group of scammers is retaliating against me for exposing them and the Reddit admins and legal department completely ignore it.

    I consulted with lawyers who told me that my only option is to spend tens of thousands of dollars trying to pursue each individual reddit account that's doing it.

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    The Link Between Birth Control Pills and Sex Drive. The pill lowers testosterone. What does that do to libido?

    www.nytimes.com The Link Between Birth Control Pills and Sex Drive

    The pill lowers testosterone. What does that do to libido?

    The Link Between Birth Control Pills and Sex Drive
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    Perception gap plagues Canada’s carbon price. Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions are down, but so is public support for its carbon pricing policy. Let’s explore why. (Jan 2024)

    citizensclimatelobby.org Perception gap plagues Canada’s carbon price

    Canada's carbon pollution is down, but so is public support for its carbon pricing policy. CCL Research Coordinator Rick Knight explores why.

    Perception gap plagues Canada’s carbon price
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