Not a stupid question at all, but honestly I don't know. I have seen that capability on other sites, so it's possible. If someone else doesn't answer here, you could probably look it up.
I don’t think our government institutions are able to address the speed at which things are developing.
No, our current institutions are relics of our childhood stage, completely inadequate for handling the powers that science and technology have given us (our adult power). What we need is something completely different.
Primate brains. It all feeds back into itself as this destructive cycle.
Primate brains with the capability for higher, rational thought, but only when adequately trained.
I see it like we as a civilization are in the teenager stage of development: with the powers of an adult (including the ability to greatly harm ourselves and others), but still with the maturity and self control of a child. We technically know how to be a responsible adult (civilization), but we can't help partying, fighting and drunk driving etc. We need to grow up fast.
Fun and Interesting ads are actually the worst ones, because they get you to associate pleasant feelings with their product/service/brand, which dilutes your ability to make rational, objective choices about them. That's one of the ways that they are manipulating you.
Forums can and do go down or get deleted, there’s nothing inherent to it that makes it stay any longer then discord messages.
You're comparing apples to vegetables here. Sure, forums can go down, but not all of them do. Take Reddit, it's been around a long time and many people use it for troubleshooting. As for discoverability, a lot of the time when I do a web search for a problem, it points to one or more discussions on Reddit. And that's just one example.
I just signed up yesterday, and yeah, it took almost a day to get my verification, but it worked. I haven't seen any extremism yet, but I'm still new. I'll look into the development thing.
It's not easier, just faster, and that's only if someone who can answer your question happens to be on at the same time you are. Asynchronous communication does not require that, and has the added bonus of keeping the solution easily available for others to find by themselves rather than taking up someone's time. So it is far more efficient. If you can't find the answer to your problem after trying and genuinely need a solution right away, that is what live support is for.
And I think that a big part of why so many have moved their support to discord is the long standing (and annoying) habit of people trying to use only one tool for everything. Sure, you can use a hammer on a screw, but it's not a good idea.
The battery in mine exploded! By which I mean I found it one day with a big outward bulge in the back. Years after I stopped using it, but still I can't use it for this now. 😭
I prefer
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