UnitedHealthcare Group should be in the picture as well, with Andrew Witty $18.8 M (from 2021) 23.5 M last year, according to another commenter.
Witty is the CEO of the group. Thompson was only CEO of UnitedHealthcare - one of the parent conglomerates' many subsidiaries.
Is everyone 5 days behind LW? I don't quite really grasp how exactly there is a 5 day lag, shouldn't Lemmy be close to real time? I don't fully understand what's going on in those charts but it looks like the delay will be gone in a few weeks/months?
As far as hosting it on a different instance, this is just kinda a playful experiment. If it goes well anyone can copy the list and put it a version of it on their server.
I clicked 5 of the links in the lemmydirectory github/wiki list and all of them the last post was 1 year ago. That's what kinda sucks about all the indexes is that they're either the extremely popular communities which show up in the communities tab, or extremely dead communities. The goal is to get a list of extremely active smaller communities and without changing Lemmy source code myself, this is the next best thing I could think of to make a list like that.
It's impossible really to say. This was their official code citation:
Over the past few months, we have carefully recomputed historical votes on posts and comments to remove outdated, unnecessary rules.
I mean on the face of it, maybe they were telling the truth?
But they are a for profit corporation, and that year forward was when the enshittification really began. I guess I just have little reason to believe that they didn't just alter the algorithm to make it look like there was more engagement than there was.
This recalculation happened shortly after reddit went closed source. I don't think we should trust their word that they had all of a sudden 'fixed' the problem, whose fix just so happened to really drive their stock value.
It's not misleading, it's the reality of what happened. Their public post was PR justification. It was about that point on that every decision they made was for $ and not for transparency.
I hadn't seen it here, I was scrolling through several pages of new communities and it was pretty much the only new active community.
I was trying to find some new communities to create an index for everyone ([email protected]) - or rather a community designed to allow people to make suggestions and upvote/downvote the actual "curated" list without moderator involvement.
Dull Men's Club
I found this community and thought it was kinda interesting.
"Posts should be about your own dull, lived experience. "
It is locked for new posts by design, everyone can comment. The idea is to have 5 main posts and a discussion thread. The 5 main posts can act as a user voted community list, and I can change the layout if anyone has suggestions in the discussion thread.
I figured this would actually be a fairly quick way to build a curated list without any moderator involvement - essentially commenters and voters would create the list.
An index community for Lemmy
A community to index interesting Lemmy communities throughout the fediverse. Post community links in one of the 5 main post topics (closest that matches, discussion on main topics can happen in the discussion thread). Please also provide a very brief description of the community. (max 80 characters ...
An attempt to start an index of communities on Lemmy for people to find new topics.
discussion thread (*** read me ***)
This community is intended to act an index of new and active smaller and harder to find communities. Post new communities in one of the 5 primary posts.
Anyone can post new communities, just please abide by the format in the sidebar.
You can find new daily communities with this link:
lemmy.world/communities?listingType=Local&sort=New&page=1
It's not the best tool, but it allows you to see which communities have some activity and which are just dead spuds.
EDIT: There is a need for diversification from LW as recent events show the admins have a different view of censorship than a majority of the community members. Please use this link: https://lemmyverse.net/communities to diversify subscriptions beyond the two largest instances and feel free to post them here.
I'm open to suggestions on the descriptions of the 5 primary topics - I just ran with what I thought was a good descriptor of 5 different cate
I figured most people here knew about it, but also just as many probably forgot about it, at least deep in the memory banks. ;)
YSK: The vote counts on reddit are completely made up.
They changed the algorithm on Dec 7, 2016.
Before: https://web.archive.org/web/20161206000344/https://www.reddit.com/
After: https://web.archive.org/web/20161208000333/https://www.reddit.com/
Best guess, based off the vote count differences of those two days, is that if you see a vote with 100,000 count, it's likely closer to 20,000 count (divide by roughly 5 or so).
There was a post about it by KeyserSosa on Dec 6, so it's not some conspiracy or anything.
I figured YSK.
Yeah that would be the hard part. I don't know how to do that either. Reddit used to have auto-mod tools but nothing like that exists here to easily automate it.
I may just archive the flag idea until a newer version of Lemmy software adds those capabilities.
This was just a proposed discussion of rules, they're not active yet so submit however you'd like currently.
What absolutely astonishes me is that the entirety of the country has complete amnesia of the years 2017-2021, as if we're not about to relive that shitty period x10.
The next 4 years in the US are going to bring instability to the forefront.
US debt to GDP ratio is already an insane 120% . At some point along this path of ever increasing debt, people are going to see that USD is no longer safe and choose other currencies, or possibly crypto. Bank runs tend to happen all of a sudden when no one expects it. The same situation could theoretically happen in the US.
The reserve dominance shouldn't be relied upon when we could simply raise a small amount of revenue with taxes on the wealthy to balance the books.
Tariffs are a necessary tool, and can be positive in the long run to create revenue and lower trade deficits. They are a regressive tax, but there is some positive to making some imported goods more expensive in the US. It does discourage companies from importing everything. In moderation targeted tariffs can be good.
The debt is projected to be $50 trillion by 2034, so revenue does need to be increased somehow. Otherwise on the current track the US will be unable to service it's debt.
Ideally they should just tax billionaires, but politically this is a lot easier for them.
The problem with tariffs is moreso on what they're going to do with the revenue. The surplus will almost assuredly be used to give tax cuts to the rich, and the debt will likely be $50 trillion by 2028, not 2034.
There are some punctuation errors in your title. It should read:
Plex is "overhauling" its apps with a redesign and under-the-hood "upgrades"
Those who use Plex to access personal media will find that their libraries are in a
dedicated[hidden] tab, while the Watchlist will take up prime real estate in the top navigation section. Plex says it also streamlined the user menu for quick access to things like your profile, friends and watch history.
So they're hiding the entire point of Plex deep in the menu and promoting things that make them money. Enshittification.
reddit was open source as well.
was
That's not a constructive approach. Doing nothing just means Republicans completely disasemble what remains of democracy in the US.
It has not collapsed yet. Democrats are electing a new chair RIGHT NOW (I don't know the date, but in the next few weeks).
They are going to elect a centrist. We can stop them. Now is the time.
If the new DNC is progressive and inspires people, it will prevent reluctant Republicans from going full scorched earth.
A progressive platform will win Democrats the white house for the next 20 years. Ask FDR how I know.
This, right now, is the final chance we have to prevent collapse.
Spread the word, share & cross post.
Please spread, cross post, share, whatever; wherever you can. People should have input into the democratic policy platform, but they're so brazen as to say the "center is where we need to be".
These people, these few hundred people, are a big problem with the democratic party.
We need to take the narrative back from centrists. It can be done by telling the DNC what to do, not the other way around.
The election that will take place at the DNC to replace the chair will decide the policy direction of the Democratic party. Let your voice be heard!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/22077561
“I’m not interested in anyone who is moving further away from the center,” said Cindy Bass, a Pennsylvania committee member from Philadelphia. “The center is where we have to be.”
They're not going to change a thing unless people make them.
Find your local state delegate and personally tell them how you feel a centrist is only going to guarantee another Republican victory. They are listed here: https://ballotpedia.org/Democratic_National_Committee
Bernie Sanders is working behind the scenes to get a progressive in there but he can't do it alone.
I don't think there is but at the same time I think an over reliance on the sanctity of neutrality benefits those who lie and misinform (ie current right wing news/media control political machine)
yes very true, but please don't do that, lol. do it here ---> [email protected]
rules discussion
I've seen a few complaints over the past few weeks about there being a lot of psuedoscience, and there has been a fair amount of reports.
I figured it would be a good idea to update the rules on the sidebar to clearly lay out what is and isn't allowed.
I think a tagging system might help to keep down on the spam and elevate real scientific sources. These are just a draft and more rules could be added in the future if they are needed.
Current draft (work in progress, add suggestions in comments):
A community to post scientific articles, news, and civil discussion.
Submission Rules:
Comment Rules:
GO VOTE!!!
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21667475
If you can, turn off your phone or computer and go vote!!! If you already voted, tell someone else to vote!!!
Less than 10 hours from now will decide if the US veers toward democracy or fascism.
North Carolina live updates: Death toll rises again with new Henderson report, up to 97 | Helene becomes fourth deadliest hurricane to hit US since 1950
Relief is slowly giving way to recovery in the Asheville and Western North Carolina area after Tropical Storm Helene left communities devastated.
PSA: vote early if you can! | State by state hours and dates for in person early voting
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/20431027
You never know if you might come down with the flu or have a family emergency on Nov5. Don't take the chance if you can avoid it and vote in person early!
The death toll after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction across the U.S. Southeast has reached at least 133.
Political discussion and commentary - self posts and opinions welcome!
A place to discuss politics and offer political commentary. Self posts are preferred, but links to current events and news are allowed. Opinion pieces are welcome on a case by case basis, and discussion of and disagreement about issues is encouraged! The intent is for this community to be an area fo...
Rules are still evolving, but right now I'm just aiming for a community for civil discourse ...if such a thing is possible in politics. [email protected]