Just because it’s not popular in your social bubble in Europe doesn’t mean it’s not important. I’m European, and I found it very useful during e.g. COVID or the start of the European invasion. (Ukraine*)

Of course there were problems with fake accounts back then, but it was still the best platform for curated expert feeds if you followed the right people.

It’s not the same anymore, many of the experts have left and especially the feeds don’t have the replies of other verified e.g. scientists. Similar to Reddit, but probably even worse/more noticeable.

It takes months (I think almost a year) for the toenails to fully regrow, and if its still in your feet you will reinfect your toenails while using toenail specific meds.

What worked, for someone I know, was the oral meds, using a separate towel for feet and not using it for nails, and after about a month when your feet are mostly healed you have to throw away and buy ALL of your shoes new.

They also replaced all of their socks, but you might be able to wash them in 90°C. (Issue is, most water heaters can’t keep the temperature up for long enough so it’s probably not worth the risk)

You can also hide the clicked (parent) comment too. I don’t personally use it, to keep an overview, but it allows going through comments with much less scrolling.

It affected how easily your comments or posts could get upvoted, the more karma you had the more “trust” you had. Bot accounts were bought from people with high karma due to this reason, and sold further for a higher price after farming.

At some point the post/comment karma was changed to a fuzzy number, someone claimed your karma affected how it was calculated. Not sure if true.

Reading about how digg died, one reason was “front-page” bandits/groups. Basically people grouping up and getting paid to land posts on the front page. The more they did it, the more “trust” they had to hit front page again, similarly to high karma accounts on Reddit.

Yes. It’s like saying you’ve moved on, while talking about your ex every chance you have.

Still, IMO, ideas should be considered no matter where they come from. They can just be dismissed.

I feel like it might be bit close-minded to think there might not be anything good to learn/implement. The core still has some Aaron Swartz in it.