I think they could add a tag system, where the user enters their interests as a tag and then Loops shows all the content that shares the same tag.

Yes, it's more effort than TikTok, which automatically guesses what your interests are, but I think it's still a good, privacy friendly alternative.

PSG and ManCity are both literally just representatives of the government of Qatar

I personally really hope that we can get Der Klassiker in the UCL final. Bayern vs Dortmund, just like in 2011/2012. Hopefully with a ridiculous choreography prior to the match, just like back then lol.

I don't think, I just do.

I usually keep an end goal in sight; for example, I sometimes dread going to the gym, but I always remember that my goal is to stay fit, have a healthy body and exercising is an important part of that. By sticking to my goal, I maintain my discipline and go to the gym 3 times per week.

Another example is school homework; in my case, my math homework is something I don't enjoy, but I remind myself that I need the math certificate in order to enroll for a Computer Science degree at an university. Therefore, I keep pushing myself to study math and get good grades (which so far has worked pretty well)

Nothing. My other account was only for lurking and I didn't post anything; no comments, no posts, nothing.

I only post / comment on my main, but that's now no longer possible lol.

It's a sound theory, however I am not banned from any subreddit as far as I'm aware of, so ban evasion can't have been the reason.

Although, as I mentioned in another comment, I have another account, but that's mainly used for my nsfw stuff.

My parents grew up before TV and I asked my Mum what they did instead. She said they were mostly just bored.

Reminds me of a tweet I saw. It went kinda like this: "I asked my sister what our parents did before there was internet. She didn't know either, so we asked our 18 other siblings".

What about you, OP? What was that primary hobby you lost? Why did you like it? Have you found a (temporary) alternative already?

Uhh, I'm not sure if this fetishization of trans women is appreciated by trans women, but idk, because I'm not one of them. Just a heads up that not everyone may like this content.

My IT teacher from high school put a major emphasis on online privacy.

He thinks the internet is a major threat to individual freedom and while it brings benefits, the negative effects are too big for him.

While I don't agree with the last statement, I do think privacy is very much under attack nowadays and while I am not very concerned what other people and corporations know about me, I still care about privacy simply because I have the right to do so and because if I don't pay attention, a dozen different trackers will know what I have done without me granting permission.

Corporations basically take advantage of people and give nothing in return and that is bad imo.

A server is nothing more than a computer that is always running 24/7.

The server (or actually, computer) can do a lot of different things, such as simply storing a lot of files, streaming these files, download other files, etc.

Besides that, the server can run programs like Lemmy and because the server is generally 24/7, the Lemmy program will also be accessible 24/7.

Edit with an analogy: A server is similar to a literal restaurant-server. People can request data (such as a file) from a server and the server will serve that file to the people who requested it. Just like how people order food from the server in a restaurant, people 'order' data (such as a file or image) from the server.

Ah ok. Well anyway, maybe add protocols such as HTTP, HTTPS, TCP, UDP, SMTP, IMAP, POP3, SSL, VPN, Git, TLS, SQL.