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well, then you can have a user go on a mass deleting spree if they become rogue/disappointed. It’s not a good idea if you have staff members in place. Members shouldn’t be able to delete content as that’s a duty reserved for staff members. Editing posts is a function that should be enabled with a time frame depending on the board. However, deleting content is not a member’s right. It is apart of a forum’s terms and conditions.

This thread has been getting a bit dusty, but Virtual Pet List is 3,000 posts away from hitting the 30k posts milestone and 214 members away from the big 1k! Some of our latest threads include: The Downfall of Neopets Will AI steal jobs from web developers? https://www.virtualpetlist.com/threads/youtuber-outdoor-boys-announced-he%E2%80%99s-retiring-the-channel-for-now.3526/ https://www.virtualpetlist.com/threads/will-marapets-going-deep-in-using-ai-generated-art-works-make-or-break-their-brand.3507/ https://www.virtualpetlist.com/threads/webkinz-classic-returning-to-the-web-in-2025.3425/ With the 30k posts and 1k members milestones in near sight, I'm a firm believer that we'll surpass these milestones by early July. Growing the community has been a great ride so far and I can't wait to see what else is in store for my forum.

As a website owner, there may be times where you want to optimize your database to boast your server’s performance. Whether that’s by adding indexes to heavy queries, setting up caching systems or setting up rate limits. These tactics help ensure your database runs smoothly and keeps your server from over loading during peak hours. However, what are some of your favorite database optimization tactics? Are there any methods that you swear by?

Microsoft launched bing, its competitor to Google’s search engine back in June of 2009. Do you remember when Microsoft launched bing? It’s been 16 years now since Bing launched and they’ve been a steady competitor to Google ever since. However, they still have a lot of marketshare to catch up to Google, but having alternative search engines is one of the best things of the internet. Do you still use Bing to this day or not really?

I haven't joined Lemmy yet, but I'll most definately join it soon. How is it compared to Reddit? Is there a karma system/reputation like Reddit?

How well do the auto ads perform for you? Have you seen any difference between these ad formats and other formats that adsense providers?

As a website owner, do you enable whois protection on your domains everytime you purchase a new domain? Do you think it's a good idea to enable it to protect your privacy and keep your information private no matter what? For me, I always keep it enabled through my domain providers. Especially, since it's offered for free and generally doesn't cost any extra to have it. What about you? Do you use whois protection on your domains?

Blog owners have managed to do well over the years, especially with ads, affiliate marketing tactics and sponsorships. However, with the rise of AI searches being more prominent now, will blog owners start losing money and become less important? Or is there still room for blog owners to continue to earn from their blogs in this day in age?

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In the past two years, Reddit has managed to obtain 360 million visits from Google to now averaging over 1.5 billion visits from Google alone. Even though they have a paid partnership in place, these numbers are steady on the rise. It is wild to think how much traffic Google is sending to Reddit on a monthly and yearly basis. It is a good idea to utilize Reddit’s growth to your advantage by promoting in subreddits that allow it.

What are some of the simple meals that you like to make? I’m the same way. I’d rather make some chicken, sausages, or steak with rice & call it a day. Egg sandwiches or omelettes are also my favorite quick meals.

Same here. I wouldn’t even enter the room😂

A ruling will be coming in August in regards to Google’s monopoly.

This was spotted on the Redditalternatives forum: https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/s/yqDDiqGhVI Reddit and internet changes I’m sorry, I don’t know your community that well, but I was banned off of r/futurology for this post. I’m going to say what we all know. Reddit has undergone a shift, and the presence of bots/AI-generated content, propaganda, and coordinated campaigns is a documented reality. 1. Bots & AI Are Proliferating on Reddit - Automated Accounts: Tools like ChatGPT make it trivial to generate human-like comments/posts at scale. Farms deploy these to farm karma, sway discussions, or spam. - Karma Farms: Bots repost popular old content/comments to gain karma, then get sold for propaganda or advertising. - Detection Difficulty: Reddit’s anti-bot systems struggle to keep up, and AI can now mimic writing styles flawlessly. 2. Astroturfing & Propaganda Are Common. - Corporate/PR Influence: Companies use bots or paid accounts to promote products, downplay scandals, or attack critics (e.g., gaming, tech, or finance subs). - Political Manipulation: State actors (Russia, China, Iran, etc.) and domestic groups manipulate narratives on news/political subs. The "news" you see may be amplified or distorted. - Agenda-Driven Subreddits: Entire communities are sometimes covertly run by ideological/political groups to push narratives. 3. Reddit is Less "Human" - Algorithmic Incentives: Reddit rewards engagement (upvotes, controversy). Bots/farms exploit this, drowning out organic discussion. - Decline of "Old Reddit" Culture: As Reddit commercialized (IPO, API changes), authentic communities shrank. Heavy users remained, leaving voids bots fill. - News Aggregation Risks: Reddit is now a top news source, but unvetted. Bots can spread misinformation rapidly via upvote manipulation. 4. How to Spot Suspicious Activity - Account Red Flags: - Post Patterns: - Subreddit Anomalies: 5. Protecting Your Trust - Cross-Check Sources: Treat Reddit "news" as a lead, not truth. Verify via established outlets (AP, Reuters). - Stick to Niche Communities: Smaller, topic-specific subs (e.g., hobbies, academics) have fewer bots. - Use Tools: Browser extensions like "Reddit Investigator" or "Bot Sentinel" analyze account behavior. - Question Consensus: If a thread feels unnaturally polarized or amplified, disengage. Bottom Line: Reddit is no longer a purely organic space. While genuine human interaction still exists (especially in smaller communities), the platform is saturated with manipulation. This doesn’t mean "all Reddit is bots," but it does mean healthy skepticism is essential. Trust should be earned through consistent, transparent behavior—not assigned by default. Stay critical, don’t give out trust, and prioritize subs with active, transparent moderation. The degradation here reflects a broader internet crisis—awareness is the first defense. Admission: I did use a language model (AI) to collect and format this information. That doesn’t change that it took personal effort, thought, and intention to make this post. and it definitely doesn’t change my message.

That's perfect. I don't celebrate milestones in terms of "posts" like 5k, 10k, 20k, but I will be celebrating it when my forum hits 50k or 100k. I'll probably do something big then as a way to give back to my community. To me, celebrating every milestone isn't something that I prefer to do unless it's a major one.

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This. It also doesn't convert your traffic into users. Once you establish yourself and network with your following, then your links will convert. It also leads to social media sites throttling your links if you post them too much. The key is to build your name up and establish yourself. That way, digital marketing works in your favor. Every seed that you plant from digital marketing will pay off. A lot of people think dropping links, then disappearing is the way to go. It is not. Users will also see that you're trustworthy and will be more prone to sharing your content if you're not just a link dropper.

Congratulations on purchasing your XF license! I can't wait to see what you're able to do with XF.

Claude System Prompt Leak: SEO Impact 👀 This article analyzes a leaked system prompt from Claude 4. It provides detailed insight into how the model decides when to search, which tools it uses, and under what conditions content is mentioned or even linked. * The prompt explicitly defines when and how Claude searches for information, whether it uses tools like web search, and how sources are handled. * For Facts that are timeless or stable (“What is the capital of France?“): Claude always answers directly, without any search. * Websites Only Appear in “single_search” and “research”: Visibility including links in Claude arises practically only when a query cannot be answered purely with model knowledge. * Relevance = Link Worthiness in the Claude Context. Claude does not link based on authority or brand strength alone. What matters most is whether: the source fits the user query precisely, the content isn’t already present in the model’s internal knowledge, the source is clearly structured and compactly quotable. * Much more! A must read analysis with actionable insights by: https://gpt-insights.de/ai-insights/gpt-insights-claude-leak-en/

This snake is one of the most venomous in the world, but this trainer was showing it off in a clip. Would you hold a snake like this or not really?🐍🐍

Imagine downloading 10,000 4K movies in just a second. A team of Japanese researchers has achieved such a mind-blowing internet speedusing a specially designed optical fiber that’s no thicker than what we use today. The researchers set a new world record, transmitting 1.02 petabits (1.02 x 106 GB) of data per second over a distance of 1,808 kilometers (~1,118 miles) using their special coupled 19-core optical fiber. However, this achievement isn’t just about faster internet. In their new study, the researchers claim that their newly developed optical-fiber technology can help us prepare our networks for a future where data traffic will skyrocket, thanks to AI, 6G, the Internet of Things, and beyond. [HEADING=1]The science of insane internet speed[/HEADING] For years, scientists have tried to increase the amount of data that can travel through optical fibers. While they’ve managed to send petabits per second before, they could only do it over short distances (less than 1,000 km or 621 miles). Long-distance transmission has always been challenging. That’s because the signal weakens as it travels, and amplifying it across many fiber cores without creating interference is a major technical challenge. The study authors tackled the problem by designing a special type of optical fiber—a 19-core fiber. Think of it like replacing a single-lane road with a 19-lane superhighway, all bundled into a fiber just 0.125 mm thick, the same size as those used in existing infrastructure. Each core carried data independently, and together they allowed a huge amount of information to move simultaneously. The researchers also developed a smart amplification system. Optical signals lose strength as they move along the fiber, so amplifiers are used to boost them. However, there’s one catch: each core had to be amplified at the same time, and across two different bands of light (C-band and L-band). The team built a system that used a combination of special amplifiers to do this in all 19 cores without mixing up the signals. They set up 19 recirculating loops, each using one core of the fiber, and passed the signals through them 21 times to simulate a total distance of 1,808 kilometers. At the end of the journey, a 19-channel receiver caught the signals, and a multi-input multi-output (MIMO)-based digital processor cleaned them up, removing interference and calculating the data rate. The result was astonishing. A total capacity of 1.02 petabits per second over 1,808 km was achieved, setting a new world record for optical fibercommunication using standard-sized fibers. Even more impressive, the capacity-distance product, a key measure of fiber performance, reached 1.86 exabits per second-km, the highest ever recorded. [HEADING=1]A powerful and practical fiber technology[/HEADING] A table comparing the performance of different fiber-optic cables. Source: NICT This isn’t the first time a 19-core optical fiber has been put to the test. “The transmission over an earlier generation of 19-core coupled-core fiber was limited to 1.7 petabits per second over a relatively short distance of 63.5 km,” the study authors added. However, this is indeed the first time that this revolutionary technology has broken the distance limits by carrying data over 1,800 km. This success could completely reshape how we build the internet of tomorrow. As the world moves into the post-5G era, with self-driving cars, AI assistants, real-time VR, and billions of connected devices, we’ll need massive data highways to keep everything running. “In the post-5G society, the volume of data traffic is expected to increase explosively due to new communication services, and the realization of advanced information and communication infrastructure is required,” the study authors added. Source: https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/19-core-optical-fiber-for-faster-internet

Although LLMs like ChatGPT are growing in popularity, so is Google. Which has grown to 13.7 billion daily searches and is continually growing. Does this mean you should ignore ChatGPT? No. Ideally, you optimize for all platforms, just like you try to grow your reach on multiple social networks. With the rise of AI searches, are you leaning into optimizing your content for those using chatbots to find content as well? The best way to do this is by solving user questions. So, when you write topics about “what’s the best food in New york” for example, the ai chatbots will more than likely cite your content in their systems. However, you will have to have better content and backlinks pointing to your content, so they’ll be able to find you. Ai search engines are based upon finding answers to questions. So, it’s a lot different than doing pure seo, but they both go hand to hand. If you’re currently doing ai overviews optimization, how is it working out for you? Are you seeing it any monthly traffic from chatgpt and other similar search engines?

I’d help people in need and then disappear without them knowing when it was. I like doing good things whenever possible, so being invisible would actually be pretty cool.

I feel you. Is there any particular forum that you like the most or vibe with the best?