I think it can also detect our neural frequencies, aka ‘read our minds’. That’s why we see ads for things we thought about but never even searched for.

Ugh, I hate when services stray from their original purpose and add random features. WhatsApp’s status thing isn’t so bad, but Spotify’s user messaging is just clutter. I just want to listen to music, you know? Maybe profiles for discovering new music are okay, but messaging? Nah, not needed. Keep it simple, music only.

Simple Mobile Tools were open source and made by a single dev and then he decided to sell everything to a shady company.

Boost can do that.

IIRC there is an open source project for forums communities.

It’s called SMF I think.

Friendica has the RSS feature and it is compatible with most Activity Pub services.