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@GossiTheDog I also want to take a moment to remember that Threads only looked really popular for a moment because if you already had Instagram, they were shoveling you in that direction as much as they could, and the only people who were all "this is so great!" were people who need to sell you stuff online.

ChatGPT is just a fruit cake. People showing up with it trying to get you to like it because it was being sold with the other stuff, so it must be ok, but you know when something ain't cake.

"During the most acute phase of the pandemic, the company (Unitedhealthcare) charged the US government $11,000 for each $8 covid test"

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@evan That's work. I wanna go easily seek them out when I want to see them. I would like that more. Them default blended in to my tl is not a thing I would like.

@evan good poll. Interesting to see the split. I agree when I think of servers with tons of people on it and open registration. That is for sure a team's worth of moderation and if people who moderate for meta tell war stories and have ptsd, it speaks.

The distrust of institutions is a big part of who is here though. And small servers with a certain vibe to them, and someone at the door checking that who gets in is there for that party for reals, that I think is something that can really grow here.

And I do think companies and universities could have a well run presence, but I would want some real separation of where I find that. I don't want it in my feed. That would feel like it defeats the point of the TL here.

I specially don't want politicians on it though I know some people feel it's necessary. Social media all started going down hill right when they got their moneyed hands on it, imo. Not enough reward for their presence. They should have their own thing where non politicians run it, and they can fight it out in a proper arena. haha I am so tired of them in your living room between friendly conversation.

@mekkaokereke Yeah. I think the moderation part is absolutely a big part of where this place dropped the mark. You have to end up on a server that does it well to have it be a decent experience and this is a platform for everyone coming over, so why isn't that across the board.

Also I have looked at BlueSky and think even if those things in the top list sounds annoying, they are true, like things you say about politics here that come true. It's a damn carbon copy. And people are showing that they will just follow each other without much real thought. That's where the after party is. Ok.

But then if I hop over there and plug this place and the whole explore page is overly serious political stuff, I'm not exactly inviting them to a party. That's what I mean.

@mekkaokereke I think the first one of the things we don't say counts more than some little list feature.

People go places in groups mostly. The personalities who will stick through a place that is not popular, but has potential, are not the followers. People who build new things are not followers.

To me the issue here that I think I see is all the incessant whining. Why would you go somewhere as a group that is not fun and welcoming?

Strap in young lads. If you think all this sucks. You are now fighting Putin by proxy.

@mekkaokereke I mean just
count Basie Orchestra
didn't even expect to see that
legendary music career

@mekkaokereke I don't think people who have never lived outside of really big cities understand how blatant it is. All they know is what they've seen on TV. Their everyday world doesn't show them a different kind of person, that's more like them, than different. They feel they have to protect themselves from us dark skin people who are all the same. Shit is crazy.

The USians are distracted.

Quick! Sneak in the metric system so we can stop this ridiculousness.

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