Nah I disagree, people can also send articles to friends

Yep, a greeting hug when you meet a friend is very common here. Sometimes it is a handshake with pat on the shoulder, or just a handshake.

Don't really think about it much

It's an convenient way to post about some trending topic, without creating a whole new community for something temporary. For example the eurovision sing festival, or some natural disaster that happened.

And on the other hand, it works for expressing some personal thoughts or memes without having to adhere to a specific topic. But with random strangers instead of only your facebook friends.

I think for these kind of needs, no other social media framework would comply better.

There was a time computers had no text but instead had punch cards

Als ik alles zo'n beetje hierover lees lijkt het erop dat omtzigt witheet is over iets betreffende transparantie. Wel fijn om te zien dat hij toch een beetje principes heeft.

Not exactly what you are talking about, but slightly related: the company Fairphone makes phones with parts that can easily be replaced. The philosophy is that you will not have to buy a new phone every 3 years. They do have some customized options aswell (i.e. ram, storage, models) but its limited.

But going full on optimization with phones, laptops and tablets, similar as a desktop, is just incredibly hard due to the lack of space in the device for the components. As such it makes more sense to offer a wide variety of models, with some customizable options, and then have the user pick something.

What's a subreddit?

I doubt it has to do with AI, feels more in line with rising global inflation

Tbh wordt ik een beetje moe van volt associeren met 'pubers' en 'kinderen'. Het voelt een beetje makkelijk kleineren, het is toch gewoon een volwaardige partij?

Just follow others and reply and boost a bit on stuff

All tiles become desert and turn yellow due to climate change

I think it will improve as more people get involved. The fundamentals seem to work fine. Haven't looked at the repository yet but I am planning to do so and see whether I can make a (small) contribution somewhere. Probably in the form of cleaning up some technical debt.