That definitely seems like the only real option for those that have the means. Do you have any tips to get started for those that are newer to this?

That’s definitely applicable. Very astute analysis. It seems more and more evident that “sustainability” is primarily a marketing term that ultimately strengthens consumerism and hinders real and necessary changes.

They’re revolting because it already has and they haven’t been given a voice https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/9/8/six-killed-in-nepal-amid-gen-z-protests-after-social-media-ban-all-to-know

Not at all. They’re demanding anti-corruption, jobs, healthcare, etc . Another article with some background

If the cat and the Raccoon that ran onto the field a while back joined a team, they would be unstoppable.

I’ve also recently added active member @CounselingTechie@slrpnk.net to the moderation team of the Lunarpunk community

Yeah, that’s definitely reasonable. The world doesn’t need more plastic, especially if a fast-fashion company wants to utilize this.

https://bdsmovement.net/Act-Now-Against-These-Companies-Profiting-From-Genocide

https://theislamicinformation.com/news/list-of-brands-supporting-israel/#comments

“attracting” companies like Intel that are on the BDS boycott list is not really a good look for Linux.

Things will definitely get competitive! And with free market competition comes advertising! Everyone on the Fediverse loves ads, right?

I don’t think anyone dare to prune that community

Finally we have corporate sponsorship!

I’m on a small pixelfed instance as well and the global feed can be useful for discovering users on other pixelfed instances and also for viewing mastodon posts with pictures. Similar to mastodon it will expand as you follow more people so keep an eye on it and maybe use your mastodon account to find more photographers using hashtags like #photography. Your discover page should show photos under trending hashtags as well so check for that and use search under hashtags. It does show local trending photos accounts at the moment, you’re correct. Dansup, the pixelfed developer, says in the next update for the beta app which is shipping soon and going public soon, the discover page will be expanding to show trending users and photos from across the fediverse.