My Viking costume turned into a gentlemen pirate costume after I was told I’m not ready to go shirtless yet, burrrnnnn lol - any suggestions!?

Wow that was a blast of nostalgia thank you for that! Had several of them up at my very first programming gig.

Gardening is my jam right now. Going out dancing. Trying new restaurants, but even moreso, trying new stuff in my kitchen (yucas fritas this morning, so good) Yesterday I went to the local water park and crushed so many swan dives from the 3m, felt incredible. Recently bought an e-bike and have been putting in ~10miles every other day, haven’t even used the pedal assist just pushing the extra weight with my calories and loving every minute of it. Getting back into my meditation practice, getting back into lifting. On days where I really want my heartrate to spike I attempt to talk to the opposite sex.

how do we ensure human nature doesnt juat exploit it for a few individuals benefit

So how to avoid the history of all governments ever created?

I want the fediverse to be a place to communicate with real people in good faith

It’s a popularity problem. Once a ‘social network’ gets big enough to spread information to a decent user base, it will be astroturfed. Building a better mousetrap and all that jazz, they will still get through, it doesn’t matter the mitigation strategy you use. The best defense is to engage with others who are respectful, and not engage with those that are clearly rage baiting, circle jerking, promoting a narrative, etc. You will never not see it, the trick is to realize it doesn’t matter at all. Just do you.