Several creators posted they had received (…) five to six figures.

X is monetizing the ads served in the replies to creators’ posts to determine payouts. This incentivizes creators to post things that encourage a lot of conversation.

… And recruit chatGPT powered bot armies.

If it’s not known wether it’s dangerous, how would anyone reply? With their guts?

This question can only get non proven answers and risks getting answered the top health infox of the moment.

Maybe some day they’ll get that the more processor-hungry-techno they pour in the mix, the costlier the server gets.

Hence, reddit gets more addicted to money; so more ads and other corporate agreements.

I guess this is where a corporate reddit is stronger than a fediverse instance admin team.

I love the “show source” button which gives access to how the tests are made.

Chose an instance without mandatory email account and which seemed serious

Damn! Now I’m wondering if I married a fellow human or a bot.

Ask how much is 1 divided by 3; then ask to multiply this result by 6.

If the results looks like 1.99999999998 , it’s 99.999999998% a bot.

Yes, KDE Neon is based on 22.04; but their team ended updates for Neon 20.04 this autumn while Ubuntu 20.04 is supported till april 2025.

If they ditch an LTS before its eol date, it’s no more an LTS, is it?

They forced me to upgrade 2.5 years earlier than expected, and then the update went bad.

I’m quite pissed at this distro.

Switched to MX Linux.

Much happier.

Any laptop will work.

Con: KDE Neon dropped LTS support.

With a server in mind I’d go OpenSuse Leap.

Devuan? The SysV Debian linux?

Unexpected choice for a server. I’d like to know why you dont seem to consider OpenSuse Leap which is supposedly more server/enterprise oriented?

Also, have you tried MX linux which is another Debian/sysV? and if so, what do you prefer in Devuan?

If I were given the opportunity, I wouldnt swtich back to the state of " the good old internet" .

It was full of popups and viruses. DL speed was 3kbps on good days. Hence without any form of streaming. Depending on operator, you had to pay for the landine communication between your PC and the provider. If a family member picked up the phone from another room while you were using the modem, you got dcded. Of course, one coulnt be joined by phone when he was using internet.

You have to weigh the pros and cons.

Here, people still feel as guests whereas on reddit, people stayed long enough to feel the place is their’s.

(“old timers shouln’t have to deal with this shit again”)