I like the idea. I don’t want to use facebook or similar, but that’s where stuff like “BuyNothing” is most active.

Unfortunately, I don’t know much about self hosting (beyond what I’ve picked up working in software development) so I don’t see myself running one of these myself. I’d probably use it if it came to my neck of the woods (NYC)

You can also buy drm free music from sites like Bandcamp. I don’t feel bad buying from smaller groups. Joyride! might actually notice the $10 from me buying their new album.

This experience helps users quickly understand content

They really think we’re stupid. Unfortunately, they may be mostly right.

Kind of an anti-intellectual meme, honestly. After like 9th grade reading level, one can learn that it’s not about finding the meaning in the text. It’s about finding a meaning and supporting it.

It doesn’t really matter that much what the author meant. What matters what’s actually in the text.

Many people don’t read anymore. A surprising amount of people can’t read. It’s not good.

I’m contributing by getting ebooks from the library and reading them on my phone.

Platforms could moderate their content. They choose not to.

This conforms to my preexisting belief that deregulation means more profits for private owners, more waste, and more expense for the customers.

Most developers I’ve looked at would happily just paste the curl|bash thing into the terminal.

I often would skim the script in the browser, but a. This post shows that’s not fool proof and b. a sufficiently sophisticated malicious script would fool a casual read