Curious if someone in an abusive relationship could use this trick if their phone was being monitored. If the abuser was just monitoring them with the phone's parental controls this would work but if there was an app probably not?

First off I'm no expert. I'm new here. But from what I've been reading, if an instance wants to have an advertiser there's nothing to stop them. The thing is other instances might unfederate from them.

Personally, I don't see an issue with advertising as long as it respects the user's privacy. In a community for EDC go ahead and have every tenth post followed by an ad for pens, flashlights, pocket knives, or whatever. I just don't want those ads following me around all of Lemmy and the internet.

But advertising with strict rules wouldn't last long. In the end we do need to figure out how to support the Fediverse.

The thing is that Meta and Reddit are masters of social manipulation through their algorithms. They know what low common denominators get the most engagement. I blame FB for a big number of echo Chambers and that just fed people their own negativity right back, made them spiral into a bad place mentally.

If they have any ability to post to the Fediverse or to track things they'll do it all over again.

It's the halcyon days of the Fediverse. Negativity on my feed is nonexistent. There's discussion. There's respect for differences. I know things will change with time but it's important that the big instances never work as proxies for big tech. It's important that big tech doesn't get a seat at the table. Voices should remain individual and not some mouthpiece to an industry that wants centralized control.

I just read a good article about big tech is never a friend to decentralized stuff. You can find it here.

An excellent read. My synopsis is that if any big corporations joined the Fediverse they would fracture it, and that no matter what Meta, Reddit, Google, etc. would never want to see a decentralized platform succeed.

Pretty much the Fediverse needs to never let a big company tie into it. Our group needs to work at growing but at a sustainable rate.

I would argue that the only low level post that would be worthwhile is the social variety. For those in the Fediverse who want this to be a place to visit everyday there needs to be posts that create a dialog of sharing life events. Some of the best posts on reddit were the ones where the comment thread was better than the post. The post sparked something to share and people dog piled and created something fun and entertaining.

Maybe the Fediverse isn't big enough for that to happen spontaneously right now. But I do like when my communities/magazines ask the general low level question. It allows me to participate and not wait for a post where I have some expertise to share.

BTW, good observations and good ideas in your post.

The recipe is actually known. I came across a long article on the web about it. The true secret was that he used pressure cookers in the early years that no one else did.

Here's what Bing AI found and it might be from the article I read:

Here is an article I found on the KFC secret recipe. According to Joe Ledington, Colonel Sanders' nephew, the recipe consists of the following 11 herbs and spices: 2/3 tablespoon salt, 3 tablespoons white pepper, 1/2 tablespoon thyme, 1/2 tablespoon basil, 1/3 tablespoon oregano, 1 tablespoon celery salt, 1 tablespoon dried mustard, 4 tablespoons paprika, 1 tablespoon garlic salt and 1 tablespoon ground ginger¹.

The recipe is one of the most valuable fast food formulas and is considered one of the biggest trade secrets in the world³. The original handwritten recipe is housed in a 770-pound safe encased in two feet of concrete and guarded by video cameras and motion detectors³.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 6/23/2023 (1) What is the KFC secret recipe? Top 11 herbs and spices 'revealed'. https://twistedfood.co.uk/articles/features/kfc-secret-recipe-colonel-herbs-spices. (2) Is This the Top-Secret KFC Recipe? - The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/26/dining/is-this-the-top-secret-kfc-recipe.html. (3) KFC Original Recipe - Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KFC_Original_Recipe. (4) Here's KFC's Secret Recipe to Extra Crispy Fried Chicken - Taste of Home. https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/kfcs-secret-recipe-crispy-fried-chicken/. (5) What Are KFC's 11 Herbs and Spices? - Allrecipes. https://www.allrecipes.com/article/what-are-kfcs-11-herbs-and-spices/.

The whole super guarded recipe part I believe to be pure marketing pablum, a ruse to generate conversation.

Users of Kbin and Lemmy should continually search for communities and magazines that will interest them and interact. There's places appearing all of the time. What you didn't find yesterday might be there today.

Most of the time I have Jerboa set to look for new posts within all instances. I'm surprised at what's out there after only four days. Sadly many don't have any comments after several hours, even days. Up votes are one thing but if someone took the time to post, written feedback is what will inspire someone to make more posts. Yes. I only comment when it's warranted but even a simple compliment can encourage more posts and discussion.

I've seen a bot running on an instance that's finding some of the best from reddit and posting. It identifies itself as a bot and links to the original content. It gives a url to the reddit post and when it was posted. This is something I can appreciate. I hope it can generate some discussion.

Now, more than ever, sorting by new and commenting on what interests you will help.

Yep. No time to be active in every community. We should focus on just a few each day.

Good points.

I'm conflicted when it comes to down votes. In the reddit universe I'd watch within a small community where things were corgial and welcoming that for inexplicable reasons posts and replies would get down voted. This was a fountain pen group.

It might take hours or days for the up votes to take the comment or post into positive territory. The best the group could figure out was it was bots. I suspect some curmudgeon who didn't like when you'd mention Kaweco or what have you because they had a beef with them.

I believe an option just to report is the best option.

It's a bit rough on Jerboa but I'd suspect a few more updates and it'll be better. I've not used it on a mobile browser much. It's growing. I just hope it can get to the point where there is useful daily dialog happening before the refugees move to another camp.

Walking distance to things like a grocery store or heck, just a short five minute drive to something would be good. Too many housing subdivisions are a thirty minute drive to even a gas station. It makes me wonder what people are thinking in building a housing community in the middle of nowhere. In the USA walkability is under rated.