Every time ive seen an article about worst state it’s always Mississippi :-/. But these days thanks to awful leadership Florida and Texas are making a case for the crown.

I am a pretty heavy “Fediverse user” (Mastodon + Lemmy/Kbin) and my feeds have VERY little Linux talk. There is an incredibly diverse set of folks on the ‘verse but admittedly discoverability is hard. If the only people in your circle are Linux nerds then that’s all that might be boosted into your timeline. Put some effort into finding other folks and unfollow some of the Linux-only voices :-).

China. Also, no one is saying FB is fine, but since it’s American then gov pretty much shrugs. It was FB after all feeding the NSA yeah?

Not sure what you mean by “reputation”. But generally I think it’s hard for anyone to like their Dentist visit. Even a “checkup” typically involves a cleaning which is invasive and uncomfortable. This is compounded by the fact that people don’t take care of their teeth so feedback from dentists is almost always poor. I don’t think Dentists have a bad rep, but I can safely say I don’t look forward to my visits 😅

Twitter —> Mastodon Reddit —> Lemmy (and Kbin) Discord —> Matrix

Honestly the worst name though…

Caryn like Karen?

Marjorie like Marjorie Taylor Green.. the Karen-iest Karen to ever Karen?

Awful awful awful.

No small feat to become a top 5 hated person on the Internet for a day. Well done Internet Brands exec team.

This https://www.propublica.org/article/how-cloudflare-helps-serve-up-hate-on-the-web

Here’s some tips for discoverability and building out a Mastodon follow feed - https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/08/17/mastodon-discoverability

Here’s some tips for paring a feed gone mad down… https://shellsharks.com/notes/2023/08/10/curating-mastodon-feed

Happy Fediversing!

This is 100% true. That said, I bet most redditors had no idea this was happening. But as I think about it. I bet most sub mods did, they could have found spines… but like you said…

Not by me. But maybe by like 2-3 folks…

Be young. Young folk never sore

Who’s asking for this? The future is bleak

Check this out https://taggartinstitute.org/p/the-homelab-almanac. (Shoutout once again to @[email protected] .)

Why not both? I love my site and always work to make it unique. But I also like to write and have “useful” content. Check this out to find more cool things on the IndieWeb https://shellsharks.com/indieweb#explore-the-indieweb

Don’t give your stuff away to Medium. Buy a domain and host everything from there. Sites like square space can be used to help you monetize.

Would never say no to more. Could probably make more at same level. But am mostly happy / feel fortunate for where I’m at.

My last three jobs...

• Applied directly to the req on the company job portal
• Recruiter contacted me about the role
• Recruiter contacted me about the role

Glad you found it useful!

Try one with no algorithm. Mastodon is a good start for this. Fill your timeline with what you love.