Ddg still has its issues, but it can be useful for avoiding some types of SEO targeting articles

Sports serve as a distraction for social issues. I would argue virtue signalling in that context has some real world impact

If anything, sports serve as a distraction to the general public so that issues can continue to be ignored

I think rust is a very pragmatic choice, lemmy is decentralized, the security benefits are a necessity when it comes to self hosters donating hardware

I think part of it is how lemmy sorts content. It doesn’t weigh the number of posts per sub the way reddit did, allowing disproportionately larger niches to dominate (like Linux or NSFW in my case)

I’m on sync for lemmy, which allows filtering users, communities, or instances. My feed has gotten a lot better with this

If you’re using kde as your desktop environment I’d look at themes using kvantum Manager. You can also mix and match other themes through the default app store or whatever they call it

Post deletions?

Upvote for matrix, it’s more than just a chat app damnit C: