2023 has been quite an year of revelation, showing the true nature of these scummy corporates. Lets learn our lesson and not jeopardize ourselves by trusting them.

I use torrentgalaxy.to now. Or some search engine like solidtorrents.to, this one's neat since it does not have any ads.

Why does this image remind me of Quora?

That's a cliché. Introverts do have a small social circle that they actually trust. And if its something that the internet can help with, then we use it without hesitation.

It seems to me that most posts/reposts on reddit are just for the fake internet points. But here on lemmy, people post just to keep the place active, & engage in some conversation.

As many have pointed out, it isn't really our choice, since we have to get along and use what most people around us use.
The only solution I see is if the government mandates every messenger to use a common protocol allowing all to co-operate.

This does not feel like a shitpost. Where is c/comics?

...and all of them stayed there till the end of the song. (⁠ ⁠╹⁠▽⁠╹⁠ ⁠)

Can't wait to laugh my ass off at a fucking pixel.

Yep, I feel more comfortable interacting here than on reddit, maybe it's because of the way less toxicity here.

This made my day, thanks

I think some of this instance's admins are not onboard with the rest. Too many cooks in the kitchen.

It is open source, & they are also a non-profit organization.
Here's the source code

A step in the right direction.

The decision to avoid karma was a good thing in the long term, IMO.