but it can lead to absurdly high version numbers

I have a really hard time seeing this as a problem. Why is 125 an “absurd” version number? You’ve presumably done 125 patch versions since the last minor version, so doesn’t it just make sense?

It’s just a number, it doesn’t matter if it’s “high”.

Linux doesn’t use semantic versioning, right? So this is just an arbitrary number?

I did not get it before reading OPs explanation

i really enjoy horror/mystery!

Might I recommend 14 by Peter Clines. It should scratch that itch.

The Silent Patient is another good mystery one.

Is there an issue about this in the GitHub tracker? It could be an unintentional consequence.

While the other answers are funny, the real answer nowadays is either “murder” or “assassination”. There is not really a more specific word for it.

Lemmy, which is pretty known for its opinionated devs

The opinions of the devs have so far (at least as far as I know) not spread into the actual code though.

I feel like you’re moving from moderation to sort of oppressive or authoritarian territory once you’re literally building a social credit system into your software. If you want that, sure use PieFed. I don’t want that, so I won’t.

No just the whole thing. It seems sort of extreme to do all this stuff in the code. This is not something the software should have inbuilt if you ask me.

I mean okay sure, you can disable these things. But the fact that they are enabled out of the box in the software as written is a huge red flag.

… Wow. I mean I already knew there was some questionable stuff with PieFed but this is honestly next level.

Downvote and move on, if the name becomes familiar block them.

Sorry, but you forgot a step:

Downvote and move on, if the name becomes familiar report them and then block them.

Moderators should help so not all users will need to block these bad actors.

Sounds a lot like nihilism, perhaps with some moral relativism mixed in. Not saying that’s bad or good, just trying to put words to what you describe.

Might not be new but it’s not been posted here before :)

Not nearly as readable though

So what do you believe now?

When you remember to do it, how often do you do it? How long do you hold each pose?

not much stopping a corrupt election official

In my country, the election officials are thoroughly watched and from various parties to ensure they keep each other in check. It would be near impossible to sneak in extra ballots (at least, a significant amount of ballots that would actually make a difference). There is a voter register but everyone is on that list, you don’t need to register to vote.

Wtf? Why is this stuff even collected? Aren’t elections supposed to be anonymous?

Perhaps that was exactly the intent, to ensure that only actual humans read the content?

If that’s the case, it has the opposite effect. Humans generally benefit from being able to select text and not just read from an image. It’s of course especially important for blind people.

Meanwhile computers can easily read images via OCR algorithms.