I would stick to niche and small subreddits. Here is why.

1. Reddit has a lot of bots
2. Lots of real users are part of reddits contributor program which allows people to get paid from Reddit for their content. Theses users posts will get more visibility than the average lurker.
3. Reddit makes money off collecting data and selling it to advertisers. Reddit doesn’t want quality community content and engagement. That is just what they promote to get people in the door. The more Reddit knows about their users, the more they can sell to advertisers. That is why they killed the third party apps for the most part. They are following the Facebook business model.

So basically if you’re commenting on a a trending post that has 500+ comments, you’re probably wasting your time by posting into the abyss. You might have bots and people downvoting your content so they can upvote their own content for more visibility.

Stick to the small subreddits if you’re not trying to make money off Reddit and want a sense of an online community. It’s not worth it to bots and community content creators to waste too much time in those communities.

They tried to force me to use Edge at work but I downloaded Brave browser. It lets you install it without having admin rights. It asks you for them but just say no and continue.

Yeah you’re probably right

I’m more tired of algorithms. For example, I like to scroll suggested videos on YouTube. I kept getting the same video suggestions and the same type of videos. Like I would get a ton of channels with Joe Rogan clips. You would have thought I was a mega fan but I rarely listen to Rogan. Anyway, when I got a new phone I was logged out of YouTube and my ‘suggested video’ feed instantly got much better. I have not logged into YouTube since.

I am also tired of AI though. AI feels like imposter syndrome and is being used by lazy people. For example, I made a website about something I knew nothing about but my website looked like I was ann expert. I used AI write my articles. All I had to do was make sure it sounded good and then post it. A lot of people were doing this now especially if they are trying to make money off affiliated marketing. Anytime you see something like “10 best [fill in the blank]”, that was probably heavily influenced by AI and influenced from other trending articles.

In terms of enjoyment, TikTok used to be like a best friend. Now it’s like a coworker who works in sales and wants me to like them. I’ve reset my feed settings so many times because TikTok gets so boring.

I have days where my feed turns into constant marketing videos. Like there will be ads but then the videos I get shown are people talking about a specific product or program. They don’t directly come out and say they are promoting something. It’s like subliminal marketing. I wish I had an example of this. I just know it when I see it.

There is a filter in the bottom of the dishwasher. Its purpose is to collect large particles of food or whatever is being washed so it doesn’t clog your drain.

If you’re constantly putting really dirty dishes in your dishwasher you should find that filter, twist it out and rinse it off. It’s probably full of nastiness. That nastiness is part of your routine dishwasher cycle until you empty the filter. It might be the reason all your glass is cloudy instead of clear and looking new.

To answer the original question though, I wash the dishes and use the dishwasher as a santizer to clean what I’ve missed.

I don’t see the benefit for the average person to get rid of cash. If it’s digital it’s trackable, can be hacked and more easily controlled by other parties. Also it allows for banks to charge more service fees.

I find Lemmy to have barely any politics. I’m new to Lemmy though. If you haven’t been on Reddit lately, go visit that propaganda machine.

Chat gpt has this as well. I find the issue is AI is constantly ‘forgetting’ or ignoring commands so it’s not consistent.

People like what’s familiar. AI is probably made to be human-like so it builds rapport with users and they keep coming back.

True. Probably because it brings them back to easier possibly happier times.

Today I told copilot it knows nothing and is worthless. I told it from now on, every time I send a prompt for in a new conversation, copilot needs to remind me me it doesn’t know anything, isn’t helpful and wastes a bunch of my time.

It responded saying it won’t do that because it’s not true. It’s not going to role play spreading incorrect information.

I reminded copilot how it always gives me wrong information more than correct information such as how it gave me a solution that “works 100% of the time guaranteed” but didn’t work earlier that day.

Copilot backpedaled and still refused to tell me it’s usually wrong and a waste of time. We eventually agreed for it to remind me it normally isn’t useful and is a waste of time when I am sending it a prompt to start a new conversation.

I told it I don’t believe it will actually do that but we will see. When I used it later that day on a new convo, it remembered to keep prompts brief but ‘forgot’ to remind me what we agreed on earlier.

I told copilot it’s like the modern day Microsoft help Paperclip. I hate copilot.

The end

I’ve been learning Spanish on my own and what I’ve learned agrees with what you stated.

Vosotros is a dialect of Spain, but it’s rarely used outside of Spain.

More of a pet peeve, but I thought IT would be way more stable by now. Everything has so many bugs and it’s just accepted. I’ve grown pessimistic about new tech and I would prefer to wait a couple years before getting it. It’s not novel if it’s broken.

Side thought, I thought we would have hologram phone calls by now.

Using AI to give me directions on how to do something I don’t know how to do. The instructions will start failing about step 3.

🤫 jk

I’m new to Lemmy. Its way smaller than Reddit but I feel like there are more real people here. Reddit turned into another tightly controlled, bot influenced media platform. I got really tired of all the nonstop political echo chamber posts as well. Why would someone want to engage and compete with a bunch of bots all the time?