Okay, some bots on anything online is expected (I guess 10%)... But more than half all users and interactions? No way

A study of the 2024 Superbowl found 75% as bots o.simardcasanova.net/data-illustr...

Why is anyone taking X metrics seriously to begin with??? Bot estimate in 2024 was more than 60% of users

Her Wikipedia page gave me the confidence to come here 🙂

For real, how hard is it to go lay flowers by the side of the river or something similar??? When there's a car or bike crash it's not like they put the memorial right in the middle of the road

Well I've been off social media for a few years now and my career has greatly suffered for it. I've also lost touch with many people over the years so I don't agree with you. I have personally experienced the loneliness and poverty that comes from abandoning it/ being isolated from the community

Thanks for linking that article, was a good read and gave me stuff to think about. This place being run by a woman makes me hopeful maybe "enshittification" will not happen here

I like to think I am blue-friendly? But your comment makes me think this place won't like me back. I tried Mastodon last year (?) and it was too complicated for me. I have an account on Spoutible when they launched, are people using it?

Yeah that's be me, I heard about the program and was about to start publishing again because of it! But this statement from Best is beyond gross

Any suggestions welcome

My back has yet to recover from all the knives lodged in there from so-called feminists, basically. WordPress?

I'm not familiar with Patreon, and I have to be honest, I don't really trust the people telling me to not use Substack considering what happened to me with Anonymous, the black lives matter hashtag, mass blocking on Twitter, the Pinterest algorithm on paintings of Roma and the Statue of Liberty...

Are we sure his children didn't play for him as well during that 17 hour marathon?

Hell, take a more direct approach. "Donald Trump fired the head of the FAA and put a reality star in charge of NTSB, directly causing this crash. He is doing the same with every government agency and program. You will be next, whether it's an aircraft, car, food, or healthcare you will be next."

Have also lost all trust in the general population -- billionaires are incapable of fixing the societal problems they created, it is madness to think they have the solutions. They're incapable precisely because they're so removed from reality. Please go adventure in the ocean though, by all means

Does this mean we can finally romance the water elemental in patch 8????

Congrats on your book Brian!

But this place seems the safest out of any of the other options out there.