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Reddit was awesome. It’s sad what became of it. Jumped ships that took me to Lemmy-kbin Land!

I love games, gamification and chat roleplaying, socializing with people, volunteering, different lists and difficult topics!

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  • I don’t remember when I watched the telly at home previously. Most of my entertainment are games and then some YouTube and movies not so often (lurking in friend’s online streaming services or googling “watch x for free”).

    Stopped watching the television when too many ads erupted even between the movies that were my last interest in this service.

    Most of my telly shows I see nowadays are at a friend’s place, and I’m every time annoyed about the amount of ads.










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    Buying a (premium) service to get rid of something awful requires effort and resources.
    Do you have the money? Do you get enough kicks out of the money you would be spending? Do you know the pros and cons of subscribing/going in a service (what will they provide for the money spent?)? Do you want to support the service - even so far to provide them money? You need to provide additional data of yourself to make the purchase and may even need to learn how to do it - are you ready for that?

    Getting an (ad-blocking) extension to a browser to get rid of something awful requires effort and resources.
    Do you know how to start using extensions in browsers and what to do if you need to troubleshoot them? Is it free (are paid extensions even a thing? I don’t recall seeing one)? Can you support someone you would want to support with a ad-blocker (some decent folks who make good content may be in need of the money they get from ads, but then again, there’s a chance you can send them money through other means)? Are you supporting a service that has an built-in feature that annoys you (in this case, providing ads for the users to see), endorsing such behavior (even more) even though you cannot see those ads yourself?

    Both options may require research. Both options are influenced by other people and by their opinions. Both options have their pros and cons. Both options have consequences.

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    I don’t buy any subscriptions. I wouldn’t have the money for that and I have bad experiences of them.
    I can support someone with a grateful comment or sharing their content to others.
    I myself stick with the ad-blocking services.

    But don’t let me influence you with what/how I do it 😉 Make up yer own mind and act accordingly.


  • I’d just ignore such folks. Plus I have yet to meet those folks - even after 62 posts I have done!

    I don’t go for Internet points only. That also fuels me to trying coming up with something of quality, but it’s also the good discussions and possibly providing something interesting to folks to read/look at and to make them even think about stuff that gets me going 😄 Kicking in some extra activity in these communities!
    But the same can be achieved with comments - you’re right with that one.

    Making a post can require more thinking and effort, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I have spent more effort on a comment than on making a post!
    The feel and interaction is different with a post and a comment. A post can wake up all sorts of commenting and a post is “more visible” to people who sees it as they scroll away. Comments of course also provide activity within a post/community, may generally be less visible to more people (you have to click a post open to see comments) and they can also gain all the off-topic commentary on them - just like in a post.

    Not saying that commenting is worse than creating a whole post. Both have their reasons to exist and their places to be used.