My instance is piefed.blahaj.zone. I don't get any particular error message, not like the other user. It just simply says this:

The result is the same in All or Local or the Summit community itself.

Also I just tried signing out and adding an account again and now this is what I get on the login screen:

So either way I can't test switching between Hot or Active right now either.

Just to confirm what another user said here. Just got the notification this morning that the app updated, and now my PieFed account will no longer load anything. It works on desktop though. And this account and my old Lemmy Blåhaj account are working fine.

Between this and "people", which I also like, this got more upvotes. So I'm gonna go ahead and edit the title with your suggestion.

I'm trying to trust my intuition more in this regard. Sometimes you just get a kinda psychic bad smell or something from people. And I'm starting to notice that it usually ends up being proven right.

Yeah I was honestly struggling to find the right word for this title lol. Soldiers definitely doesn't feel right.

Good point actually. It's been a while since I've watched these films and I remember this scene being emotional but I don't think I thought about it too hard beyond that. But you're right, he probably purposely says that in a language they'll understand, to be on their level and an honest leader.

Yeah that's fair. Although Reddit also has a lot more users, so the snarky people and the ones that can't just scroll past something they don't like stick out more.

So I think, in terms of conversations like this where the bottom line is there's just not enough users to have all the same communities as Reddit, people could maybe be a bit friendlier to noobs or towards communities they don't like.

Like, I remember when I first got here, I was still interested in discussing Reddit, so I was around the Reddit community for a bit. And I remember so many people around there just interacting in bad faith. Yes we know Reddit is shit, thanks, your take is isn't hot, it's years old.

It wasn't completely off putting but pretty fucking annoying. In general it's pretty fucking annoying.

But as you say, Reddit was the same, so it's not like it's a Lemmy specific issue. And probably can't be helped without iron fisted levels of moderation that no one wants.

Your title made me think of this picture.

In case anyone thought the "rockstar" being referred to was Joe Strummer, it's actually Gene Simmons.

Be nice because you want to be a nice person.

One way I've seen this put is don't be nice, be kind. Nice is performative and 'nice' people can be two faced because they'll be 'nice' to both a bully and the bully's victim.

Being kind is more about empathy. And if you have empathy, you won't tolerate bullies. It's far more genuine and not just a performance for whoever you're currently in the company of.

Also, with the way people are around here, a Facebook or Google centred community would just be smartasses shitting on Facebook and Google and anyone that tries to post about them.

I see this hasn't changed much since I was last here on Lemmy. Even this comment chain, I'm replying to, instead of suggesting nicely to OP to start a community and get something going here, it's snark and sarcasm. And I know that would put me off, if I was considering making a community before that.

One way I've seen this explained is that the bad sensory stuff is things that you can't control. Whereas the humming or chatting or music or whatever is something that you're in complete control of. It's noise that you want and expect, not noise that's disrupting you.