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I recently discovered an interesting (and somewhat disappointing, as we'll find later) fact. It may surprise you to hear that the two most upvoted comments on any Lemmy instance (that I could find at least) are both on Feddit.dk and are quite significantly higher than the next top comments.

The comments in question are:

1. This one from @bstix@feddit.dk with a whopping 3661 upvotes.
2. This one from @TDCN@feddit.dk with 1481 upvotes.

These upvote counts seems strange when you view them in relation to the post - both of the comments appear in posts that do not even have 300 upvotes.

Furthermore, if you go on any instance other than Feddit.dk and sort for the highest upvoted comments of all time, you will not find these comments (you'll likely instead find this one from @Plume@lemmy.blahaj.zone).

Indeed, if you view the comments from another instance (here and here), you will see a much more "normal" upvote count: A modest 132 upvotes and a mere 17 upvotes, respectively.

What's going on?

Well, the answer is Mastodon. Both of these comments somehow did very well in the Mastodon microblogging sphere. I checked my database and indeed, the first one has 3467 upvotes from Mastodon instances and the second one has 1442 upvotes from Mastodon instances.

Notice how both comments, despite being comments on another post, sound quite okay as posts in their own right. A Mastodon user stumbling upon one of these comments could easily assume that it is just another fully independent "toot" (Mastodon's equivalent of tweet).

Someone from Mastodon must have "boosted" (retweeted) the comments and from there the ball started rolling - more and more people boosted, sharing the comments with their followers and more and more people favorited it. The favorites are Mastodon's upvote equivalent and this is understood by Lemmy, so the upvote count on Lemmy also goes up.

Okay, so these comments got hugely popular on Mastodon (actually I don't know if 3.4k upvotes is unusual on Mastodon with their scale but whatever), but why is there this discrepancy between the Lemmy instances then? Why is it only on Feddit.dk that the extra upvotes appear and they don't appear on other instances?

The reason is the way that Mastodon federates Like objects (upvotes). Like objects are unfortunately only federated to the instance of the user receiving the Like, and that's where the discrepancy comes from. All the Mastodon instances that upvoted the comments only sent those upvotes directly to Feddit.dk, so no other instances are aware of those upvotes.

This feels disappointing, as it highlights how Lemmy and Mastodon still don't really function that well together. The idea of a Lemmy post getting big on Mastodon and therefore bigger on Lemmy and thus spreading all over the Fediverse, is unfortunately mostly a fantasy right now. It simply can't really happen due to the technical way Mastodon and Lemmy function. I'm not sure if there is a way to address this on either side (or if the developers would be willing to do so even if there was).

I personally find Mastodon's Like sharing mechanism weird - only sharing with the receiving instance means that big instances like mastodon.social have an advantage in "gathering Likes". When sorting toots based on favorites, bigger instances are able to provide a much better feed for users than smaller instances ever could, simply because they see more of the Likes being given. This feels like something that encourages centralization, which is quite unfortunate I think.

TL;DR: The comments got hugely popular on Mastodon. Mastodon only federates upvotes to the receiving instance so only Feddit.dk has seen the Mastodon upvotes, and other instances are completely unaware.

I just finished watching the first season. I really loved the vibe of the show up until the exam, but then I felt it really shifted in tone.

Suddenly it felt like a shonen anime. A lot of time was spent introducing a vastly larger set of characters who ultimately didn't seem like they mattered all that much.

There was a much greater emphasis on action and combat rather than a focus on characters and their relationship and Frieren's/Fern's connection to it all. Previous episodes frequently skipped combat entirely, only showing its conclusion (which was very refreshing).

There was also hardly any comedy, which was very common for the rest of the show. Instead, it got very serious, especially with people getting killed in the exam.

The pacing also just felt off - many previous episodes jumped entire months or even years, while the exam episodes might not even last a whole day.

I much preferred the start of the show and was a bit disappointed by this direction at the end. Am I alone in this thinking?

@TDCN@feddit.dk made a post on Feddit.dk a while back about an easy recipe for traditional danish rye bread or rugbrød. So I tried it, as I've never tried baking rye bread myself before (usually just get it in the store).

Rugbrød is extremely common in Denmark and most people eat it every day or at least very often. It is used for the traditional smørrebrød, but mostly it is eaten more casually for lunch. It's a very dense, dark and filling bread and not sweet, making it quite healthy in general. You definitely don't need more than a few slices with toppings to feel sated.

The recipe was indeed very easy. It mostly consists of rough rye flour and lots and lots of whole grains and sunflower seeds. I didn't follow it exactly, but I ended up with a good result regardless.

Prior to baking:

Slices:

It's a super delicious bread! Doing it this way, you also have a lot more bread than the usually smaller packages you get in the supermarket.

For noget tid siden da vejret var meget pænt besluttede konen og jeg os om at vi skulle prøve at "slå lidt fra" og komme væk fra det hele i halvanden dag. Så vi tog ud til en shelter i Bidstrupskovene for at være i skoven, læse en bog, sove og ikke have nogen planer. Det en af de der sheltere man ikke kan booke, som kører efter "først-til-mølle", så vi prøvede at være der tidligt og heldigvis var der ingen i forvejen.

Det var lækkert og kan varmt anbefales! Det var helt fint som en weekendtur med en enkelt overnatning. Det er dejligt ikke at have noget at lave nogle gange.

I får lige nogle billeder fra turen, hvis nu det skulle inspirere jer yderligere :P

På vej til skoven:

Skoven:

Shelteren og udsigt:

Shelteren:

Bål om aftenen:

Kameraet her havde en syret effekt hvor kullene virker lilla på billedet (og der bliver selvfølgelig stegt en skumfidus også):

Hvad gør i hvis i skal "slå fra"? 🙂

Bonus panel:

From the side:

Bottom:

I have made pizza before but I am still chasing perfection and this time I got a bit closer!

The big innovation here are flour additives, that is nearly pure gluten, baking enzymes and powdered sourdough. This gives taste and raises the protein content of the dough to 17%.

Notice how the crust has a lot of large bubbles and generally large volume, compared to my previous attempts. This helps cook the crust more, leading to more crunch and a browner color. My previous attempts have always been very pale but this time it is an appetizing brown and some charring!

Also note the "leopard-spotting" in the bottom! I've never gotten them so obvious before.

Generally very happy with this result and I will definitely use these additives going forward for pizza, it makes a real difference.