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- Comment on Instead of paying for a therapist every week I'd be willing to pay like $100 a month for someone to harass me into going to social events. 3 weeks ago:
This need is probably something you can discuss with your therapist.
- Comment on Email provider for home server alerts 1 month ago:
I ended up setting up a postal server on my vps (see here). Their docs are pretty easy to follow through and it’s probably the cheapest option (assuming you already use the and have a domain).
- Comment on Changes to Lemmy/PieFed to adjust to living under fascism 2 months ago:
Lemmy is a public forum, if you want to communicate privately exchange matrix handles and communicate there.
- Comment on A new way to describe the Fediverse and its opposition to Big Tech 4 months ago:
What an interesting read! The food analogy instantly made sense to me, I am wondering if other people had the same experience?
What is the point of all this, you may wonder? Well, reading Postman provided a big eureka moment for me - an understanding of why I struggle so much to convince my friends to abandon commercial social media in favor of the Fediverse. Drum roll: the Fediverse may be missing a clear, cohesive narrative.
Technically the Fediverse has everything one would need to enjoy independent social media, away from the surveillance capitalism that powers Big Tech. What has been difficult is finding a story, a simple narrative anyone could follow that would explain WHY the Fediverse is the most empowering, most ethical technological solution out there for social media.
I have come to see the Fediverse as the equivalent of organic, plant based, home-cooked meals and by contrast I see TikTok, Instagram, X, Threads, Snap and other platforms by Big Tech as the equivalent of Big Food – brands like Coca Cola, McDonalds, Nestlé, that promote ultra-processed, highly addictive foods and beverages, contributing to an epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes and other diet-related diseases.
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- Comment on The worst feeling of my life:My vacation is ending tomorrow 5 months ago:
The best feeling of my lie? Getting fired after returning from vacations.