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It can be, but a large percentage of WP installs aren't even blogs that manage posts over time. They are basic 20-30 brochure-ware sites that use WP as a page builder.

WP is popular with .edu sites where they are managing thousands of structured content types; faculty profiles, academic programs, events, etc.

Drupal is also a popular solution for that type of project where managing a large amount of structured data is a key feature.

My experience has been that WP needs to "built up" to handle large site while Drupal needs to "burned down" to be a good fit for small, page building projects.

Though Drupal's new preconfigured Drupal CMS installer with "recipes" for different use cases is making it a better option for smaller site projects.

https://new.drupal.org/drupal-cms

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The amount of design elements (HTML beyond text markdown like divs) and pseudocode (elements that only render when parsed before delivering to the browser) that end up in the content is something to consider. Enabling a text editor alone does not tell you much. You can support easier bold, italic and ~~strike though~~ with a structured data approach.

It's when you get into creating layouts in the editor that really differentiants a page builder from a content management solution.

@Cris_[email protected] being nice helps establish the "tone", but I'm not sure that wouldn't change with another "API event" on Reddit that results in another, larger mass migration.

Another suggestion I have for college graduates is to ask your alma mater if they are going to start using something other than commercial social to engage with alumni.

Most universities don't want to make mistakes investing in the bleeding edge, but they are quick to follow. When a few schools do something, many more quickly copy that. They are also looking for low cost wins. Their engagement numbers are already telling them that Xwiiter no longer works to reach alumni or potential students.

If even a handful of alumni suggest a change at the right time, that is often enough to get them to give federated social a try.

That is when the less toxic "tone" really helps.

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It is only "free" if you choose not to pay. Unlike commercial social that's free for you to use BECAUSE you are the product being sold, federated social is only free to you because someone else is paying.

I completely agree that mass adoption requires well primed communities which requires early adopters to put more effort into engaging.

I would also add that clicking on anything linked helps too.. Many news outlets are data driven. If you want them to invest more with federated social, click the links so the engagement shows up in their analytics.

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While CO put Lauren Boebert on the world stage, we are generally down to ignore federal authority. Rember when marijuana was illegal? Unfortunately that would require getting Montana, Idaho and/or Nevada on board. Seems unlikely.

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@[email protected] can confirm. My son bought a set that was missing on of the bags. Filled out a form and uploaded a picture of the box + what he had built so far and the remaining bags. 48 hours later, we had the missing bag and he was back to building.

So many other brands wouldn't even respond to something like that. You'd have to take it back to where you bought it for a refund, buy another set and start the build again.

Lego customer service understands that their product is more than colored plastic.

@[email protected] isn't part of the point of ActivityPub to avoid vendor lockin/single point of billionaire enshittification? I read and interact with a fair amount of Lemmy content through an Mbin instance.

You can already limit Google using site:[DOMAIN].

If every ActivityPub driven service used a common TLD like .edus, you'd be able to limit results to that facet of Google's index, they don't. If they did, we'd be back to a single point of failure.

Google supports limiting searches to content using a Creative Commons license based on the licensing metadata in the URL. ActivityPub content already has the metadata, but it took a decade to generate enough content before Google offered the option to filter searches by CC-BY-SA... and Google was a VERY different company back then.

@[email protected] there is also the 50501 group organizing protests in all 50 states April 5.

As others have commented, there haven't been protests this large and often in the US since the Vietnam War. Organizing this takes time. Organizing without using billionaire owned services with questionable privacy policies takes even longer... but it is happening.

https://www.fiftyfifty.one/

@[email protected] my kids didn't have school yesterday because their teachers were protesting.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/03/20/hundreds-of-teachers-rally-to-protect-schools-at-the-colorado-capitol-as-lawmakers-look-for-cuts/

@[email protected] the recent college athlete image likeness settlement couldn't happen at a worse time for public schools who have to disclose these payments. Can you imagine having a PhD and teaching physics for 1/4 of what a school is paying a teenage who catches balls well?

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@[email protected] @[email protected] read, upvoted AND commented. Are we best friends now?

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@[email protected] I thought we were finally making progress with Rank Choice Voting starting to gain traction, but agree... there may not be enough left to salvage after this unless the MAGA movement collapses before the midterms... assuming we still are have elections and people other than white land owners can vote. Still not entirely sure how far back Trump supporters need to go for the "again" point when America was great.

MAGA are NOT the majority of Americans, but sadly they only slightly exceed the Americans who don't vote at all. While not the government many Americans wanted, when "I'm not into politics" stopped resulting in an immediate response of "so you aren't American?", we ended up with the government we deserve.