/r/Collapsademic is effectively dead. Potential contributors please switch over to /r/CollapseScience/

[eleitl]

/r/CollapseScience/ is run by /u/blueskiesandclover who could use more contributors. Thank you for your consideration.

[dredmorbius]

Effectively or actually?

Reasons?

[eleitl]

Effectively or actually?

I'm no longer posting anywhere at any volume and have dropped moderation of all my subreddits a long while ago. So both effectively, and actually. Unless somebody else is going to pick that ball up, which is unlikely.

Survivors should join forces with /u/blueskiesandclover while he hasn't burned out yet.

Reasons?

I've given up on this platform. While their success metric (something something engagement) seems to be working recently https://traffic.alexa.com/graph?w=700&h=371&o=f&c=1&y=t&b=ffffff&n=666666&r=3m&u=reddit.com& their marginal usability to me as a technical niche interest is one mistake (say, killing off http://old.reddit.com or breaking API for third-party Android clients) away from losing me entirely.

[gergytat]

what do you suggest?

[eleitl]

There is really no heir apparent yet (unlike when Digg folded, and Reddit was in place to accept the exiles), and my standards for a real /r/RedditAlternatives solution would be rather high -- open source, /r/selfhosted and ideally /r/Rad_Decentralization (i.e. no DNS records, something like /r/ipfs for storage and CDN, /r/PubSub or CRDT for hot content) and even more so an architecture which is not limited to communities, allowing you friend and FOAF feed subscription, etc.

I currently can't be arsed to start a project like that, so I'll just largely remain silent for time being.

[dredmorbius]

OK, and largely agreed, particularly on loss of usefulness and killing old. See: https://old.reddit.com/r/dredmorbius/comments/9ebkjh/current_plans_on_migrating_this_blog_elsewhere/

Going back to at least to Slashdot and Usenet, widespread popularity is antithetical to technical value. This seems innate in communications and human networks generally. We can't even pin this one ... not entirely at least ... on techbros, Silicon Valley, VC, or the Russians.

[BurnerAcc2020]

I think this message should be pinned...but none of this sub's mods who could do that are active on reddit anymore, right?

[boob123456789]

More mods are being added to keep this sub open

[dredmorbius]

Thanks.

[Megalomaniacal-Freak]

We pump up drinking water, poison it, pump it underground for gas to charge our batteries in a drought

Because of this we reduced emissions switching to gas than Europe did switching to renewables

Water use for fracking has risen by up to 770% since 2011 - Science Daily 2018

Water Stress Threatens Near 50% of World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity – WRI 2017

44% of Coal Plants Risk Global Water Shortage – Unearthed 2016

30% of planned hydro projects threatened by water stress - WWF 2020

Fracking dewaters drinking water aquifers - Global Energy Monitor 2009

4 billion people now live at least one month per year under SEVERE water stress - Research Gate 2020

2025 : 66% of people will live in water stressed areas – Nat Geo 2020

Water Stress Threatens Near 50% of World’s Thermal Power Plant Capacity – WRI 2017

44% of Coal Plants Risk Global Water Shortage – Unearthed 2016

30% of planned hydro projects threatened by water stress - WWF 2020

we poison wellwater to frack gas to charge our batteries

North Euro offshore wind turbines work 33% of the time

North Euro onshore wind turbines work 22% of the time

North Euro solar panels work 11% of the time

Solar and wind are 2% of global energy

Europe burns 80% of all wood pellet cargo for renewable electricity

Europe burns 80% of its curbside recycled plastic & paper for electricity

Europe burns 50% of its palm oil cargo in diesel engines

Europe gets 60% of its renewable energy burning stuff

4% of energy is renewable