ALostInquirer

You can change the default sort in your settings, no need for an instance

I'm aware, the question was directed more regarding the defaults of instance configuration for those spinning them up, i.e. once it's up & you see an empty Lemmy instance, is the default sort type simply "Active"? If so that's why I was thinking it might be preferable to change that, or add some note to encourage changing that to help new instances build up their communities or something, since Active doesn't seem to help new communities grow as much.

For me, aside from picking initially between kbin and Lemmy and then picking an instance (and the whole concept of instances), it was not having an algorithmically created feed. It took a bit to wrap my mind around since all of the social media apps and sites I was used to (and still use) provides this.

This is kind of an interesting one to me, not because I disagree or anything, but because at least personally, when I've tried to use corporate social media, I felt like I also had to do a lot of manual feed building/curation to get it to be worth anything. However, I do think where some of the algorithmic stuff helped a little was in the suggestions of similar or related pages/users, albeit somewhat rarely.

More than the algorithms it was simply the fact that it was a single platform where you knew they might be & so could search for them, so maybe it was a mixture of those details for you too?

Even if it doesn’t really matter which instance you begin with, the experience will be different, and there’s a sense of “pressure” at the point of signup, which doesn’t exist outside of the Fediverse.

Would you not say it's more like it doesn't exist to the same degree? Not that that diminishes your point, mind, only that in my experience online I've found similar when it comes to other online communities, say when deciding different Discord servers to join and some requiring waiting, reacting to be able to chat, or more rarely, have 2 factor authentication enabled of all things.

Before that, and more a sign of my age I guess, it would have been different forums, different chat rooms, and the like. Each similar in basic functionalities, but different experiences and a different sense of "pressure" to each.

I recognize what’s legal and not. It’s part of being in a society.

As is recognizing what's ethical and not, is it not?

Isn't it more unethical to abide unjust laws?

Thanks for the suggestion & info, I didn't remember there being a book titled as such as I wrote the question, lol

So, what comes to mind when I write bullshit jobs are jobs simply for the sake of jobs, like to say that a business is in fact hiring for some unclear reason, or because of some cultural inertia that insists people must be working so they just make up jobs.

A more realistic form would be the weird busywork kind of jobs that seemingly could be automated but just...Aren't...For some reason, but these may be more like what you describe where it's not exactly bullshit yet it can feel very close to it at times.

Isn't this where Mastodon.world kind of comes into play? Off Lemmy but still a federated service, can even pop whatever LemmyWorld status account there in to one's RSS readers or whatever.

Well, not just content, but also activity like making fake sites to steal credentials, send out phishing emails/texts, and that kind of thing. I guess that may fall under the same point though, of the law not being universal regarding these activities, e.g. talk of some governments ignoring bad actors so long as their activities only target other nations' citizens.

https://esc.sh/projects/devops-from-scratch/ is a good resource. Most questions you have (that are more specific) are easily searchable on the internet.

Thanks, however while there are some rough notes in the Github link, it looks like this is primarily a series of videos? I was asking for text resources as I prefer those for a variety of reasons, and in this specific case it's because it's much easier to copy over any referenced scripts and clearly read commands mentioned.

Instagram has become more shit in that regard too. But reels really saved it

Reels are their attempt at chasing TikTok, aren't they? I was of the impression some folks were being put off by them being forcefed to them?

just what the service does for them.

By that token, that's the other side of the question, what does Instagram do for those still using it? I've seen a few replies that give some interesting insights on this, but Instagram's never struck me as being as heavily integrated as WhatsApp given its focus, so I'd guess maybe a mix of memes and, admiration, to put it nicely?