That’s kinda true for any online-based service. Having the the software FOS is great, but someone somewhere has got to run the servers.

I wouldn’t be able to write this, if there weren’t people who set up the instances for my user account and this community here.
The difference with FOSS and the fediverse especially is, that any of us could be one of these people.

“Number go up” is all that counts.

Those sites train their models for SEO is how they get top results.

And I agree, somtimes even the domains look like they are generated on the fly to suit your search keywords.

To my old ears, ‘bloggers’ sounds way too much like the self-employed people with a web-site about their hobby, that they are trying to make a living through.

But there were already content farms, that paid an army of underpaid people to write something about a subject they had no clue about and plaster it with SEO keywords in order to attract ad revenue.

Well, I read your first comment as a sincere answer to the OP question, which was somehow directed at people who are actually homophobic, so I had you registered as an asshole anyways. 😉 Should’ve looked at your user’s instance, to see that that is unlikely, but my client doesn’t show that by default and I don’t do background checks before posting one-liner remarks.

Your first sentence came off a bit smug, especially since you couldve read my clarification on another comment I received on that. But it made me wonder, why I’m getting such weird reactions and in light of the misunderstanding it was deserved a bit. So no hard feelings. Good on you for noticing it, and I very much appreciate the apology.

I’m indeed on some kind of spectrum, depends which one you’re talking about, though.

I just realized, we had a misunderstanding here.

You were talking about the heterosexual men, who are scared, having thought about sucking dick many times. Thus, they are scared because of their own thoughts.

I thought you meant the gay men had thought about sucking dick many times, and that fact scares the heterosexual men.
And I meant that heterosexual women would have thought about sucking dick as well, thus the heterosexual men must be scared of these women, too.

I thought it through, but I misunderstood your comment.

English is my second language, and a lot of my English skills just consist of rearranged song lyrics and movie quotes.

So, what can I say except: you’re welcome!

I meant: heterosexual men who are scared of gays, because they have thought about sucking dick, must also be scared of straight women (at least of those who actually like sucking dick), by that logic.

Wouldn’t this apply to straight women as well?

I once met a girl (or should I say, she once met me), who wore a shirt that said: "Feminism is the radical notion, that women are people, too. "

So, yes, I consider myself a feminist.

I go to the supermarket and buy stuff.

I’m not saying, I’ve never had a job, so I’ve got some savings on the side. I also live in a country with a somewhat functioning social security system. Although it took all of my energy to navigate it at times, that secured a bit of income for some time.

Lately, I depend on my spouse though.

I never had that kind of goal focus as a kid.

I’m now in my late 30s, am unemployed with an engineering degree and still have no clue what to do as a job…

That sounds hella cool. But I’ve seen too many Ridley Scott movies, which makes me hesitant to root for you to achieve that dream.