My recommendation would be to find a local instance - one that’s closest to you - and sign up for that. I’m not in Atlanta, but I am in Georgia, so I signed up for the yall.theatl.social instance (the server is in Atlanta), and I couldn’t be happier. It’s a smaller instance, but I converse regularly with the admins when I have a question or a problem, and they are accessible and always open to suggestions.

I like it so much that I also use the theatl.social Mastodon instance as my main Mastodon as well. I throw them a few bucks every month to help with costs, and I’m happy to do it.

I would agree with those who say smaller instances are the way to go.

That’s Australian Amazon. In the US Amazon store it shows as $29.99. Even the normal list price before the discount is $36.99.

It’s not. The post says $100 or less. This is definitely less.

Everything is a threat to them. They want to be victims sooooo bad.

This is not exactly like the one I’ve got, but it’s pretty similar.

https://a.co/d/dLLvkYh

It attaches to your existing toilet & seat.

A microwave sandwich griller. I saw one recommended on another of this type thread, so I gave it a try. You can’t believe how great this thing is. When I worked in an office, I had grilled sandwiches several times a week, and I still use it at home all the time.

https://a.co/d/4VSmebm

That’s a Cadillac of bidets. I’ve got just standard ones on 2 different toilets in my house, and I didn’t pay more than $40 for either of them.

As one who has posted there a lot, happy anniversary! Not only do I get to post my own scores, but I’ve also learned about a bunch of other daily games that I would have never known about otherwise.

Glad to see it, I just subbed. We can all use a little nice in our lives these days!

the things that PieFed offers that Lemmy doesn’t (like tags) aren’t visible from Lemmy

I’m far from a PieFed expert (I’ve only just started using it a little) but this is the main disadvantage.

1. Found this through a Google search: Piefed has a few nice features that Lemmy and Mbin lack:

• instance blocking
• comments combination, posts only appear once
• keyword filter
• topics (admin-managed feeds)
• user-managed feeds, public and private
• tags
• flairs
• multi communities

2. Yes & yes. They’re built on ActivityPub and interact with each other, though the things that PieFed offers that Lemmy doesn’t (like tags) aren’t visible from Lemmy. And Lemmy can subscribe and interact with posts from PieFed.

3. Yes. There is a way to export all your details through the Lemmy settings and import through PieFed settings, and vice versa.

4. App support is sparse at the moment, but the Interstellar app (https://interstellar.jwr.one/) for Android works with PieFed.

5. Can’t think of anything.

I would have never even thought of wanting to buy it before, but now that they tell me I can’t, it’s all I want to do. C’mon, how much? Everybody has a price. C’MON, TELL ME!

It can’t be because it pays so well. With Trump you always run the risk of getting shafted on the bill.

Look, if I argue with you, I must take up a contrary position.