100% - I didn’t realise I was bi for the longest time because of Catholicism. It gets better once you’re away from it all

Being stuck in England is experienced by me as a kind of sad anxiety in the pit of my stomach at all times

I used apollo, but I’ve not been on it since the protests started. Not going back to Reddit either now

I also use Due - it’s become an important part of my every day that reminds me of anything important

I find that I have to be careful and remove things that aren’t important to me any more as they change otherwise I can get alarm fatigue and start ignoring reminders though. I suspect that would be true of any system I used, though!

I don’t think the monetisation of content is inevitable for social media . It’s inevitable for companies driven by profit who fully control a platform if that company wants to survive - but there are other ways to structure a community that doesn’t rely on centralised platforms run by a business.

I guess we might see if i’m right over the next decade or two. I hope I am.

Ah - I only lurk on there, I don’t have an account. I’ve never felt the need to participate, but that could just be me.

I’m a big fan of lobste.rs - similar structure, different vibe (it had nothing to do with rust, just a coincidence)

This seems like a systemic problem - if good community things keep getting ruined in order to make more money, maybe we should follow the money…