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Maybe part of the solution should be to change how we talk about products or make recommendations. Such as describing what to look for in a product instead of the product itself.

Make the bots more obvious

https://youtube.com/watch?v=En6gbF34Hfc

Futurama - Thompson’s teeth, the only teeth strong enough to eat other teeth

Similar with trying to explain the Fediverse. It doesn’t come up often, but the explanation is sometimes just

Non-profit run social media

While not entirely accurate since you can run an instance for profit, it’s been the case for pretty much every instance and it’s definitely true for the side I’m helping with

Also a few of the flats have donation boxes, and hopefully over time that’ll be enough to keep the party going :)

What is the material like, does it get hot inside? Is there a brand that you recommend?

Unless it’s at the bottom of a bag you haven’t used in months.

Might be good still, but it’s likely smushed

Thanks! Saved :)

Memories are weird. Combinations of random circumstances might cause you to remember the last time when you are the item, and how it made you feel afterwards

An indirect form of this should work

• When you need more X, you might feel certain symptoms. Eating more of X will make you feel better
• Over time you associate the two things together, even if you don’t understand the science of why

Yup, cats can’t taste sweetness for that reason, while birds don’t have receptors for spice and can eat chillies easily.

That’s just the taste buds themselves, additionally:

• A large part of our taste response is tied to smell. This is why food tastes different when sick. It’s also hard to try yourself because you can “smell” through the back of your throat too
• the air around us will affect taste perception, which is why some foods taste better or worse on a plane
• genetic factors exist, such as how some people taste cilantro/parsley as soapy

This is part of the problem for me. I can’t dismiss the popup unless I hang up, and I don’t want to do that in case my number gets marked as “active”.

So I sit there and wait till I can use it again.

Also I appreciate the detailed alt text :)

Canada, we face the same issues as the US for telecom stuff

I don’t think anyone answers the phone now, unless they recognize the number.

Most of the calls I get are

• spam
• spam
• someone sent me a time sensitive message, so they ring me once to respond faster
• spam

No problem, hope you find what you’re looking for :)

Is there any community you’re looking for? Chances are that there are bots already

https://lemmit.online/communities

That’s good too :)

Out of curiosity, which communities are you looking into?

If there is one that doesn’t have any content, you can reach out to the moderator or instance admins :) Often they’ll be happy to pass it along to you, or start building it up with your help / feedback

Ultimately I agree, it’s better to post something to the community instead of just leaving it empty

There was also a controversy over on r/redditalternatives with recommendations for Lemmy being taken down

I’ll see if I can find the thread sometime

As a follow-up, what should the banner be?

I vote no banner at all. It’s more satisfying than having some kind of image there.