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Are you a computer/tech person? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by samuelblock@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I’m a huge nerd, so the reason I joined Lemmy is because I was looking for a social media platform that conforms with my views on FOSS, moderation, and internet privacy. I would assume many other people are in the same boat, but is that accurate? Who’s just here because they looked up “Reddit alternatives?”

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[–] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

Not exactly. I'm kind of a "learn what I need to to get by" person. I'm not really a Linux person... but my old laptop took 15 minutes to boot up, and the hardware obsoleted out of windows updates, so now I have Linux.

I ran out of space in Google Photos. I would've happily bought more space but they told me I'd have free backup space forever if I compressed my photos. When they changed that policy I realized I was being jerked around. So then I got a raspberry pi, and learned how to (barely) set up a server to run Immich.

I liked browsing reddit, but, again, I don't like being jerked around, so here I am.