I know we all love the Fediverse, but it's also worth remembering - there's (optimistically) single digit millions of users here. That's less than 1% of basically any of the other platforms. Telling businesses and nonprofits to abandon corporate social media entirely is a fool's errand. Characteristic Number of active users in millions Facebook* 3,070 Instagram 3,000 WhatsApp 3,000 YouTube** 2,580 TikTok** 1,990 WeChat 1,410 Telegram 1,000 Messenger** *** 942 Snapchat 932 Reddit 765 Douyin 728 Kuaishou 715 Weibo 588 Pinterest 578 X** 557 QQ 532

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Biggest social media platforms by users 2025| Statista

Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube are the most popular social networks worldwide, each with at least 2.5 billion active users.

Seriously? How is it that there's no way to search and filter the people you follow?

A career tip I'm still really bad at. Stuck on something, you know someone else more experienced in that thing can probably help you with it, but don't want to bother them because you're embarrassed to not have figured it out on your own? Ask them anyways. In general, it's legit people's jobs to help out their colleagues when they need some guidance in how to do things. And it's your job to ask for help when you need it.

One thing I've been disappointed with the electric car industry is they still don't want to emphasize the fundamental difference and flexibility an electric power train can do for a car. Fundamentally, an electric car is just like a chunky chassis of the batteries, and the engines by the wheels. Beyond that, what you put on top is whatever you want. Gas cars had various structural needs of dealing with a big huge engine compartment and transmission and exhaust and such. But an EV? Do whatever. Get interesting and wild with it.

another day that I get 5000 characters into a ramble and lose interest before I get to the conclusion of the thought and delete the draft

Healthcare In America: Doctor - I see that your gscsttigom isn't working as well as I'd like. I'd like to start you on pjehhdntpf instead. Patient - Okay, do you know how much that's going to cost? Doctor - Sorry I've got no idea. Patient - What do you mean? Like give me a ballpark. Is this a $20/month? $100/month? $500/month? Refinance my house for a month's supply? Doctor - Well, it's probably not "refinance your house" level. Patient - Umm ... Okay ... That leaves a lot of room in there still. Doctor - You'll just have to talk to your insurance. Patient - ... Okay Later Patient - Hey insurance, my doc wants me to start taking pjehhdntpf, can you tell me how much it is going to cost? Insurance - Sorry, I have no idea. Patient - What do you mean no idea? Insurance - well, we won't pay anything until your doctor gets a pre-authorization. And then how much we cover is based on the diagnosis codes, your deductible, the specifics of your plan, whether you get it from an in-network pharmacy or not ... Patient - fine, so give me a best case Insurance - free if it's approved and in network and you've hit your out of pocket maximum of $100,000 Patient - ... Really not helping here. So assume it gets approved and I've hit my deductable Insurance - which pharmacy? Patient - idk ... Umm the CVS down the street Insurance - Okay that's going to be $5000/month Patient - ... Wait, WHAT? Insurance - turns out it's on our exclusions list so we don't cover it unless you get it waved onto the formulary upon appeal Patient - but.... I have insurance. Why aren't you helping me pay for my medicine? Insurance - we don't allow that medicine on your employers' plan. You should use gscsttigom instead. Patient - I'm on that one right now. It doesn't work. Insurance - well you'll have to appeal it, but you can't do that until after you get a formal denial. Patient - and how long does that take? Insurance - well, if your doctor does the preauth paperwork, they'll make a decision about it within 14 business days, unless they need to come back to your doctor for more information. Then they'll mail you the decision within another 7 business days from (insert the location farthest possible away from you in the continental US). Depending on the decision you can appeal the decision, which the appeals process can take a maximum of 180 days, after which you can appeal it again which takes a maximum of 365 days. Patient - and if I need to start taking the medicine now? Insurance - well you're free to do that out of pocket and file for reimbursement later. Patient - at $5000/month? Insurance - no it'd have to be at the out of pocket price. For that CVS, it looks like it'd be $15000/month Patient furiously googling "how to move to a civilized country" Googles "pjehhdntpf price in Mexico" - $12.50 for a 90 day supply.

There is not a single Democrat I wouldn't GLADLY throw under the bus in a heartbeat if there was evidence or even credible allegations that they are pedophiles or aiding/abetting pedophiles.

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