I’m not, but it’s very hard to reconnect with people. I have dealt with depression and also just really genuinely dislike Facebook because of their ridiculous bans and content moderation policies. The problem is, there isn’t another large monopoly in town.

I really wish the government would say that any social media platform with over 1,000,000 users has to let someone speak with a human prior to a ban and the ban reasons have to be clearly stated.

Violations of this could result in tax revenue.

Any state could do this to get tax revenue, because Facebook is so arrogant they would likely not comply right away. All these conservatives who were banned, many of them for ridiculous reasons like saying “covid came from a lab” instead of from a bat, would love to tax the hell out of a California company for being this way. I wish some law-maker would do this. It’s out of control.

Things like Truth Social offer an alternative, but only for conservatives and many people still want to connect with people on Facebook. Things like Mastodon are often so niche that I can’t easily find the people I’ve met in life to say hi.

I wish the government would do things to stop these horrible annoyances in society. This stuff could be regulated when it comes to large companies that have the resources to comply. Facebook was smart and basically bribed the Republican party to not come after it by changing content moderation policies and giving millions to Trump, and it’s unfortunate that they will probably not make any regulatory changes to improve this problem. Democrats certainly won’t do anything because they are slow and rarely do anything ever, and they had many years to address this, and other problems.

OP, you seem smart.

I am a low income person on the verge of moving because my finances are so bad. I was considering moving to a place with a shared bathrooms and over 10 people living in the building. The deposit on the place so far is a trivial amount and I can abandon the lease without significant consequence. I work remotely.

I am trying not to be irrationally concerned by click bate, but also would prefer not to die as a result of bird flu during the next year if that’s a possibility. I’m not sure if this is a “when not if” situation or if the new media and government keep bringing this up but realistically the chances are low. I am generally good at parsing out bullshit from genuine data, but am at a loss with this one.

Do you think it would be a mistake to move into this new place? I am already feeling reluctant because it’s in a less urban area and I don’t really like critters. I could abandon it and try to get a cheap place in a different area with my own bathroom. Please let me know if you happen to see this what you think.

Assume that I find 30 percent risk of bird flu spreading in the next year with a R value greater than 1 to be the point at which I abandon this move.

I have also even considered things like just leasing a car, living in it, and trying to head as far north as possible, find some place to rent in the middle of nowhere or make a campsite and start hoarding food somehow. (This would involve more critters, unfortunately, but they likely don’t pose an existentialist threat.) If everyone is going to get this bird flu thing and many die, it seems like severe isolation may be the best way to survive.

Please help.