Corgana
/r/StarTrek founder and primary steward from 2008-2021
Currently on the board of directors for StarTrek.website
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Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Levi McClain: Klingon Music Theory is WeirdEnglish0·1 month agoHonestly I’m just glad someone is out there doing this work
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•does captain Picard snore in Star Trek tng?English0·2 months agoI’m pretty sure baldness is not a medical condition…
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish governmentEnglish3·2 months agoI will be dead in the cold cold ground before I ever type “/s”
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•Bluesky has started honoring takedown requests from Turkish governmentEnglish81·2 months agoI know it sounds insane but I swear to god BlueSky has astroturfing accounts on Lemmy. Every conversation (including yours here) about BlueSky is met with countless Sealions either saying it “will be federated soon” or asking “Why does federation matter?”
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Linux@lemmy.ml•Bored. Give me a good "Living room PC" distro3·2 months agoThis is very cool! Thanks for sharing.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•[PSA] If things start feeling too toxic around here, remember that the 'block' button is your friend and always there for you.English0·2 months agoEverything now is rage-bait designed to get more clicks
IMO the greatest strength of the Fediverse is the increased number of mods and admins looking at everything. Don’t want rage bait? Join an instance that has rules against it.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•[PSA] If things start feeling too toxic around here, remember that the 'block' button is your friend and always there for you.English0·2 months agoAdditional PSA to admins not running a “universal free speech” instance- if you see someone someone being obnoxious it’s probably annoying your users just as much as is is you. Don’t put the onus fully on users to curate their experience. The Fediverse needs our adults in the room!
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Fansets have announced a mobile emitter, named EMH Mobile, coming to STLV 2025.English0·3 months agoThis is an excellent thing to wear in public and wait for other Trekkies to notice.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Top 3 episodes (all series) for a newbieEnglish0·3 months agoHappy to help! I would love it if you report back, we used to get 100 “How do I get a friend into Trek” posts/day on /r/StarTrek but very few follow ups on if it stuck!
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•Top 3 episodes (all series) for a newbieEnglish0·3 months ago“Data’s Day” is actually a pretty great one to get someone into TNG, it’s fun, but most importantly, Data is essentially walking around introducing all of the main characters to the audience.
I typically recommend starting with TNG in general (I used to say because it was “modern” 😭) as it naturally leads into DS9 and VOY. That said if your friend doesn’t typically watch older shows but is open to them, then just starting with SNW or ENT is an excellent intro to the rest of Trek.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•The late 70s Trek series we never got to see 🥹English0·3 months agoI thought this was going to be a video essay on Star Trek Phase II but I was pleasantly surprised
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•Pixelfed: "groups" are coming and they will be compatible with Lemmy (who knows if they will also be compatible with Friendica)English0·3 months agoHealthy for Lemmy, totally catastrophic for Pixelfed.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•There are teenagers on the fediverse.English0·4 months agoI know this comment is satire (well done… I think) but I want you to it hurt me deep in my bones.
I’m clearly not paying enough for a therapist.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Fediverse@lemmy.world•There are teenagers on the fediverse.English0·4 months agoThen moderators make many stupid rules to try to increase quality and overmoderation takes hold
This is so true. One of the best decisions I made during my tenure as mod of /r/StarTrek was changing the rules to be spirt-based instead of language-based. People will literally try to lawyer their way around the language of any rule, and it gets exhausting for mods to get drawn into debates when it’s obvious the person is trying to get around the spirit of the community’s purpose.
For example we had a rule that was literally just “be nice” (vs what a lot of communities have which is “don’t be uncivil” followed by a 1000 item list of uncivil things that nobody will read and only exists for mods to point to after the fact). We got a lot of pushback like “who decides what being nice means?” (to which I would reply "if you truly don’t know what ‘nice’ means then you need to ask your mother) but if someone is ““concerned”” about a rule to “be nice” or “honest”, they are probably not someone that needs to be around anyway. It’s a discussion community, not civil society, not everyone has a right to participate.
As you said the beauty of the fediverse is that each instance can have it’s own styles.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Star Trek Social Club@startrek.website•CherryTree Introduces Star Trek: Deep Space Nine-Inspired "IYKYK" Raktajino MugEnglish0·4 months agoIt’s very practical if you’re somewhere without inertial dampeners.
Corgana@startrek.websiteto Technology@lemmy.world•CEO of Brave rants about "lefties," "glowies," George SorosEnglish9·4 months agoUrban dictionary says it’s a term that refers to when an undercover government agent fails to blend in with whoever they’re trying to blend in with.
It seemed fine to me…
…oh my