I recently asked a family member what they wanted for their birthday, and the answer was "cash, and B&N gift card". To answer the question of "why not just cash": "if it's a gift card, I won't feel guilty about spending it at B&N". Depending on the answers here, I'm probably going to give them a combination.
I don't go to bookstores much myself these days, so I don't know what the price of books has done in recent years, and how much is a usable amount. If I had to pick one genre they'd be shopping for, it's probably YA Fiction, with Fantasy being a close second.
I’ve seen a few lemmy discussions on this so far, and honestly the best option I’ve seen is to just ignore Place.
To participate, even to advertise lemmy, we would have to engage, which is what reddit is looking for. Even then, admins will likely take the reigns and prevent any serious effort from being fruitful. There’s just not that much benefit and plenty of downside.
It’s attention seeking behavior. Ignoring it and letting the event fall flat (or at least as flat as is in our power) would send so much more of a message than “join lemmy” or “fuck spez”.
I’ve seen a few lemmy discussions on this so far, and honestly the best option I’ve seen is to just ignore Place.
To participate, even to advertise lemmy, we would have to engage, which is what reddit is looking for. Even then, admins will likely take the reigns and prevent any serious effort from being fruitful. There’s just not that much benefit and plenty of downside.
It’s attention seeking behavior. Ignoring it and letting the event fall flat (or at least as flat as is in our power) would send so much more of a message than “join lemmy” or “fuck spez”.