Any examples of the 1%? Outside of a few cryptocurrencies, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a project self-identified as “crypto” that wasn’t a con

You’re comparing compiled executables to scripts, it’s apples and oranges.

The article is written on the assumption that Google Translate is as good a reference as any when it comes to insults - which is very bold. Western culture is not so disparate and there are words for “geek” in French, mainly “intello” and which infact short for “intellectual”.

“Geek” was not translated, not because it has no translation, but because it is now commonly used in the French language, and I’d bet the reason is similar for other languages.

Anyway, well written article but based on a stupid assumption.

I don’t really understand how that would work. I’m on Instagram because I follow some specific artists, collectives, companies, labels, etc., and secondarily for friends. If those are not on Pixelfed, what is there to follow?

Although Lemmy suffers of quite a content draught on less populated communities, it still works like Reddit since you follow topics, not people.