It happened sometimes, but it was easier to filter those people out. Now those people have become the norm. Tinder absolutely is to blame for this.

Tinder ruined dating. It’s made interactions very transactional.

Added. Thanks!

lemmy.world appears on their list of blocked instances, as well as sh.itjust.works

https://beehaw.org/post/567170

All posts must be a request for advice.

Hope this rule gets applied to posts that pretend to be looking for advice but are really just seeking validation. People complain about the advice always being to break up, but IMO this is the bigger issue which keeps me away from all of the advice subreddits.

Pretty low bar 😂

Documentary on him worth checking out: http://www.takepart.com/internets-own-boy

A truly phenomenal individual who worked on so much of what makes the modern Internet run: RSS, Markdown, Creative Commons, and of course was instrumental in the early days of Reddit.

I am ſo pleaſed they ſtopped uſing theſe.