The book was excellent, by the way

No, but maybe I’ll find out when you hand me your driver’s license, registration, and proof of insurance like I asked…

Oooodelolly!

That’s funny. It’s a play on an album name and motel 6

It was baby cats

the fact that admins and mods didn’t care makes me understand why they felt the need to point it out in the comments

That is EXACTLY why I did it. I thought that if I could get more users to report those accounts, and if they did, the mods and admins would do something about it.

Not coincidentally, /r/wholesomememes was the worst of all the subs. The overwhelming majority of obvious organized bot rings were operating there. The mods told me they knew and didn’t care because it was an opportunity for users to see content they hadn’t seen before (completely missing the point)

There was r/catsstandingup(?) as well that just responded “cat.” Never considered the conspiratorial angle there…

If I cared about reddit anymore, I’d dig into that

Lol. There is no way to do it efficiently. I did it in the way you described every time, and I reported literal thousands to reddit’s admins (and never got a single response) and was banned by multiple subreddits because I was “annoying” when I reported bots to sub mods. I also called bots out in comments and provided evidence when I did. Nobody cared.

When reddit killed 3rd party apps, I rolled out. I didn’t realize how bad reddit had become and how much I hated the site. I’m much happier here with less content and without a bot infestation. Additionally, I’m sure users, mods, and admins WOULD care if I reported that sort of thing on Lemmy

I was a bot hunter on reddit and was asked to mod /r/kittengifs because of my ability to find them. There were like 5 legitimate posts in 6 months

Is it even possible to own an Orange County?

Yeah, you definitely need help negotiating

As far as I’m aware, you are correct

So, like, the word has suffered from enshittification?

I 100% believe you’ve got this. You’re 90% of the way there already. You have identified a problem, determined the source of the problem, determined the problem’s current and probable effects in your lives and the lives of others, identified several solutions, and have a plan in place. All you need is the methodology for solving this problem (which you already have on the calendar).

You’re so close!

The fact you’re aware of that is huge! You’re on your way!

What’s it?

It’s “orange” and “oil”

Was that intentionally a Fiona Apple reference?

It’s Good to be King - Tom Petty

I watched a documentary on the making of the Wildflowers album last night. Normally when I watch something like that, I’ll go on a weeklong bender of that particular artist

It’s the grass seed hulls only. It’s basically gravel made from plants