[03:39:00] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1431124795650736198/3dded1be-cfc5-4d0b-950e-24ebd37d8f75.jpg?ex=68fc4654&is=68faf4d4&hm=0572d573c79b8333fcce64fe34f336ce90f14e6a33b60eedb92fcd154712fbcd& [06:18:51] [1/2] i'm quite sure fandom removed the "not show all ads" or similar option from their preferences recently [06:18:51] [2/2] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/615786602454581249/1431165021974564874/image.png?ex=68fc6bca&is=68fb1a4a&hm=47957e24daeb2d763d753e9707500f8a0d6e0ce95a052e91f843ee9a23f98b17& [06:21:11] but their still allow users to `display: none !important` the ads in personal css so register to toggle them off is still not wrong [07:01:38] yup they do appear to have done os [07:01:53] must have been recent as I saw that preference at least a couple months ago [07:40:11] which page is this/ [07:42:16] nvm [07:42:17] https://meta.miraheze.org/wiki/Help:Comparing_Miraheze_to_other_services [14:48:05] https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/874125680420470814/1413752502859595807/evil.gif [15:43:30] https://tenor.com/view/cat-fast-pet-pet-the-one-where-the-cat-gets-pet-meme-gif-25097950 [21:28:22] this bs sucks and I do not blame them for that, what I do hate is their pr talk announcement of it. that blew a lot of cred for me personally [21:28:53] yeah that gave me the heebie jeebies too [21:28:54] it's less even how they passed it off in concept as how they put it [21:29:12] it was pure corpo speak and soiled their closing line of never becoming like them [21:29:20] (although I never had much faith they would "take off" as a serious competitor anyway given how unorganised they are) [21:29:32] abit all over the place [21:29:40] I guess at this point I hope a good spacebar instance takes off [21:29:46] at least that will have the familiarity in its corner [21:30:08] already had its c&d moment too [21:30:09] no commits for 6 months I doubt it [21:30:52] shit I didn't even look at the date [21:31:05] there's matrix and that's kind of it for anything in the space [21:31:47] yeah [21:31:59] guilded died the ignoble death I expected it to get even sooner than I expected it to [21:32:11] i think the issue is that whilst nobody seems to like the direction discord is going, nobody is actually taking action on it [21:32:42] people hate moving and they sure as hell ain't gonna fund a new place without moving into it first [21:32:48] it's going to take something really bad happening with discord and getting mass attention for alternatives to take off tbh [21:33:11] roof may be leaky but 4.99 a month AC works so [21:33:48] roof is caving in never mind leaky [21:34:01] fortnite in discord??? is that really the priority for them rn lmao [21:34:02] oh wait, it took me a minute but I know what happened with spacebar now [21:34:13] they dropped their client but are still actively working on the server element [21:34:44] the front contender for client is whatever third party you'd use for discord something called fermi [21:34:50] hh [21:34:55] how bizzare [21:35:01] yeah that split is odd [21:35:20] but I guess a 'bring your own client' with a prominent default is a possible way to go [21:35:31] all these names and clients will not do well for adoption though [21:35:43] millions of kids will weep [21:35:50] I suspect when crap hits the fan something with big money behind it is probably just going to pop in and restart the cycle [21:36:16] shhhhh you'll upset the tenants [21:36:41] hmmm, I guess. although that raises the problem where the backend changes somewhat and returns data that the frontend doesn't understand [21:37:02] it's literally fancier irc with discord as the guide, from the look of it [21:37:21] I can be sold by fancier irc tbh [21:37:27] but adoption will be a pita [21:37:41] as long as it can do servers and login without a hassle im down [21:37:47] MiraChat when [21:38:00] when we tell the uk to stuff it [21:38:03] is that the name of our new AI [21:39:11] rhinos and I about to be blocked 💔 [21:39:25] you'll have to ask ChatGPT [21:39:31] might as well since it 99% likely generated the code [21:39:48] grok is this true [21:39:56] that and the fact we as a platform are trying to be reachable and did not have to sacrifice much are the only reasons I'm sold [21:40:05] how excited are you lot for grokipedia [21:40:26] burn it [22:30:31] im excited for the for the twently lobotomy's it'll get [23:03:01] how does one add a background in Monaco [23:46:43] i think `#background_strip` does that