There is nothing at all being copied but an aesthetic.
Although to me it is interesting that, even without literal copying, a generator might be capable of potentially emulating some key features of a specified source. Can this sometimes arguably extend beyond just “an aesthetic”? We’ve all seen examples similar to this one (from the SD online demo, default setting, with a familiar public-domain source) — https://i.imgur.com/PUJs3RL.png
FWIW, “this episode is live on Crave,” someone noted at: https://startrek.website/post/460864
see also this previous discussion:
https://kbin.social/m/selfhosted@lemmy.world/t/182362/What-are-your-backup-solutions
Arguably reddit isn’t even mainstream …
… with just 0.91% of US social media visits this year in March this year, if this isn’t wrong:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/265773/market-share-of-the-most-popular-social-media-websites-in-the-us/
FB 53.09%, Twit 16.25%, IG 13.85%, …, Reddit 0.91% …
[Edited to fix my error.]
[I have no affiliation with the linked site.]
Thanks for a reminder that I should look into userscripts for kbin. — For now, I’m using the Stylus extension (in desktop Firefox & Chrome) to apply custom CSS. Nothing fancy yet, just simple overrides to remove some margins and padding to make the “compact” view more compact.
… for years and nobody complained …
FWIW, there was a complaint about Google Books
(long ago resolved). Historical interest only.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authors_Guild,_Inc._v._Google,_Inc.
I haven’t yet delved into the kbinStyles offerings.
On my Windows laptop, I’m using the Stylus extension with Firefox or Chrome, to apply quick-and-dirty sloppy CSS like:
article, article * {
margin: 0 !important;
padding: 0 !important;
}
article {
border-top: 1px dotted gray !important;
}
Someone on kbinStyles should have something MUCH better. I haven’t yet tried anything from there, but I see titles like: “…replicate old reddit on kbin”. Look into things like that. — https://kbin.social/m/kbinStyles
Note: I also select the Compact view (in the view menu which is found via one of the buttons in the magazine header).
As a newcomer, I’ve visited 3 Lemmy sites: Beehaw. Lemmy.world, and a custom instance. I noticed that they each have page footers that contain: Join Lemmy. If the same is true of many Lemmy instances, I can add Lemmy (or, with quotation marks, “Join Lemmy”) in a Google query. — (Note: Top matches might not always be best matches on the originating instance, or sometimes the best matches might be hidden until I click “repeat the search with the omitted results included.” And of course sometimes I won’t get any match because the target hasn’t been indexed by Google.)
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
Since a decade ago, I buy from a popular local indie shop that uses a nearby local lab. No complaints at all.