You can block the whole Fediverse community. I did. Like, it’s helpful. I also blocked asklemmy. Also helpful. I haven’t blocked it on kbin, though. It doesn’t matter, I see shit I’m not subscribed to when I filter by “subscribed” still. I think filtering by keyword is going to be a long time away. You can be obnoxious as a commenter, though. When you see the keyword, say something contrary in a comment. That could be fun.

I’m not subscribed to this magazine, yet it still shows up when I filter by “subscribed.” I’d like it to stop now. BTW, it’s not a dad joke. It’s just a terrible joke. Also, Kbin, stop showing me magazines I’m not subscribed to when I filter by subscribed. Thank you. Please. This magazine is the most irritating one I see when I filter by “subscribed” and I’m not subscribed to it. Also: gonna start complaining on all the magazines with comments like this about my personal problem with this web site. Might try to change my user name to Karen or something. I really need to speak to a manager.

I saw a documentary about a serial killer that called his victims “long pigs.” I guess in this case you’d be eating pork from actual pigs.

Wow, not only does Prime Day offer nothing good to buy on sale, it actually doesn’t offer the lowest price over a one-month period. I’m surprised OP found something interesting to buy for Prime Day. I don’t even bother checking it out because in the past, all I see is junk I don’t want or need.

Hi! Thanks for answering. I’m using Firefox. But, I get the same behavior on my Android phone (also using Firefox, though.)

I posted a question about sorting threads by “subscribed” and only seeing threads from magazines I’m not subscribed to and nobody could answer my question. I also have that weird problem. Maybe my account is cursed! LOL

In Spain, where we have medical care for almost everyone, we do have dentists on the public payroll. However, they are limited in what they can do. For example, they extract teeth in preparation for surgeries. Public health dentists are also available for other types of extractions if the tooth can’t be saved and they are available to examine patients who went to a private dentist and something went wrong. It’s very limited. If you want a root canal, a crown, a cavity filled, etc. you have to pay a private dentist. Basically, if the public health system considers a dental procedure elective, you have to go to a private dentist for the procedure. The public health system considers pretty much 90% of dental procedures elective. Personally, I think this is unfair. I don’t think a root canal should be considered an elective procedure. It saves a person’s tooth, which is necessary for eating. Then again, imagine how complicated things would get. You’d probably have to wait on a waiting list for a root canal, then go to a private dentist for the crown.

Also, it’s important to note that private dentists are not nearly as expensive as American one (I’m originally from the USA), My last recent root canal with crown included cost me about 300 euros. We don’t rely as heavily on dental insurance here, so the prices are reasonable. When I get my teeth cleaned with a checkup, I pay 70 euros. It’s wonderful.

Yes, it seems like information doesn’t get updated fast enough. I went to my subscriptions page and it says the last time someone posted to askKbin was 5 weeks ago. I go to the magazine, there’s a post that’s only 21 minutes old. Kbin isn’t the only place with kinks to work out, though. Pretty much all of them are slow on the uptake, so to speak.

That’s funny! Imagine being called “you data whore” hahaha! In all seriousness, though, if such a law existed and depending on the payment requirements, there might not be many data whoring opportunities. Depending on the legislation, it could discourage entities from tracking, storing, mining, and selling people’s data. It would require entities to keep track. With people using online services in the millions, that’s some serious accounting and legal representation. It might even cost more money to prove compliance to governments than the payments to the “data whores” would. Then, of course, there would be the fines to pay for non-compliance, and the lawsuits. That’s why this law I dream of will never happen. Depending on the law and its implementation it could cripple online industry and make companies like Meta totally non-existent.

I really wish there could be a law that says that if they want people to use their platform so they can use their data they have to pay people for their data. Data is money, but only to the companies that suck up my data and use it to make money. If my data is worth money I want money for my data. If companies had to pay me for my data I would consider using Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, et. al. if the price were right. This is no doubt a very impossible wish. They also say time is money and there is no law requiring people to pay me when they waste my time. But, I can dream. Imagine getting a nice check in exchange for signing up for Instagram.

There are lots of benefits to lurking. Nobody jumps on you with pedantic bull crap. Nobody tells you to just Google it. Nobody picks at every god damn little picky thing you say. Nobody bothers you. It’s a wonder anybody bothers to post or comment at all. Life is more peaceful for lurkers.

lemmy.world was an instance I tried and call me an impatient spoiled brat, but it’s not usable for me because it’s so darn slow. It’s much better to join a smaller instance. It doesn’t even have to be in the country you’re connecting from. sh.itjust.works is in Canada, I am in Western Europe, it’s snappy AF. And less toxic btw. kbin.social is pretty awesome, though. Loads up for me nice and fast with more content I want to see. I’ve settled on kbin as my place to go, but there are other instances that are just as fantastic. The lesson I learned: lemmy.world might be the big general instance and it might wish to claim to be “the front page of the internet” but it’s bogged down and too slow. It also wasn’t fun for me when I could actually use it. You know, because of the usual. Too much bickering and too much meta stuff. It’s much better to join the communities hosted on lemmy.world from another faster instance. You get snappier loading up of content and you avoid their whole home page which, at the moment, is just a meta victim.

I think it’s a good thing to have more than one community devoted to a topic. I have already discovered that I don’t like this or that community on this or that instance but I like another community on another instance dedicated to the same or similar topic. People have different styles and preferences even though they have similar subjects in common. It’s like having different supermarkets or clothing stores. Some like to get their jeans at The Gap. Others prefer Levi’s. Giving users more choices is good in my experience. It used to be this way in the days of forums and usenet news groups. I think if you’re not used to it you will get used to it. It’s like shopping around for a good class at college or looking for the right pair of jeans that fits you the right way.

You aren’t alone. I’m still trying to figure it out, too. First step was to settle on my go-to instance, which just today I’ve decided will be kbin.