While I do have it with me at all times and use it regularly, I am always able to put it down and focus on whatever else is happening. It is used to fill in the boring parts of the day, and sometimes I just don't use it for a day or two even if it is with me.
I do get nervous when it is away from me, but that is because it seems like I am most needed when I can't be reached.
Also gen X and still remember when I missed out on stuff as a kid because I wasn't around a land line.
Despite not being a fan of Twitter, I've actually really enjoyed the microblogging side of Kbin. I have my home feed set to Subscriptions (All Content), so I get a nice mix of threads from my favorite magazines and microblog posts with relevant tags. I also occasionally make microblog posts for things that I feel wouldn't warrant full threads, such as small bits of pixel art or idkbin updates. Unfortunately, these don't seem to federate to other microblogging platforms particularly well, and I ironically get more interaction from Lemmy (which just shoves Kbin microblog posts into its threads feed) than Mastodon.
Not a lawyer and it has been a while since I studied this, but when one open source project uses another, they aren't really transforming the others code into a new license.
When GNU/FSF says a license is compatible with the GPL, they mean you can legally use the code with the GPL. More or less, the FSF says if you use a GPL code the entire project has to give end users all the freedoms in the GPL. The LGPL is slightly different in that it can be a separate library. They consider even dynamic linking a GPL project to require both projects to be covered under GPL.
This is why proprietary developers call the GPL "viral." GPL code "infects" all other code with its license. This is the deal you make when you use GPL code, and I think it is a fair one. You don't have to use their code.
I suggest you read the licensing bits of the Free Software Foundation's website. fsf.org and gnu.org
I've made 4 and replied on them 22 times. I actually haven't made any threads here yet for whatever reason, despite doing so on other forum-like sites before.
Though yeah, the last one I made I noticed the replies weren't getting properly federated to the 2 users (on lesser-known, more mastodon-type instances) I was trying to reply to (they saw it and replied, but I could only see this on their instances).
I use it about half and half. It's nice not having to use another instance to post random thoughts yet be able to make threads. That said, microblogging could use some work.
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