The answer is “they weren’t. The study had nothing to do with that.”

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166432819311763

It’s about stress levels, and how rats who were in control of the vehicles were less stress than rats who were just passengers.

Some instances are kinda obvious to figure out what they have in common, like the now-extinct VeganTheoryClub, but some are a little harder to figure out, like the ml in Lemmy.ml is for Marxist-Leninists.

Something that’s a little different compared to other social media platforms (and isn’t on your list of thought/questions) is being able to judge books by their covers.

Since you can choose which is your home instance is based on the rules, moderation, and general vibe, the instance someone is from can tell you A LOT about them. There are some users who just mute all users from certain instances, because of this.

If you’re on Lemmy.world (which is based on the Netherlands, but everyone just assumes is from the USA), you likely won’t be muted because of your home instance since it’s basically the default.

From that Lemmyverse thing you linked.

The problem is that ! links only work if you click them on a comment while you are logged into your account.

That lemmyverse thing you linked doesn’t seem fully functional,

Can you click on these?

!mazda@lemm.ee
!miatanc@lemm.ee
!cx5@lemm.ee

You’re on .ml which is blocked by, and blocks, a LOT of instances. You can’t interact with .world communities.

That a non-offensive version of asking “whose the man” to a lesbian couple.
The answer is “neither”, and you look dumb for asking.

I do not think that the user above you is being brigaded by GrapheneOS.

Look into their history to see if they might’ve said to see if there was anything in their “most controversial” that could elicit a retaliation, and I found nothing.

I did find them often strongly saying unpopular opinions (or sidestepping a question), which people then downvote, and them sometime blaming the downvotes on outside actors.

“I didn’t say something that wasn’t true or not well received, I am clearly being attacked!!!”’

I’ll copy the comment you are replying to so it can’t go away:

I will go the opposite route here, and tell people to instead make an exception for certain things, and never go for cheap unknown brands.

highly reputed Oxymeter in medical establishment (do not buy inaccurate smartwatches, Apple is 20x ripoff and still subpar)
Victorinox for Swiss army knife
Victorinox or Leatherman for multitool
reputed branded batteries (Maxell, Duracell, Sanyo, Sony, Eneloop et al)
reputed battery/device chargers
PSU/SMPS and UPS for computer (APC, Emerson, Schneider and other brands) reputed brand watches (Casio, Citizen, Seiko have affordable BIFL options)
ThinkPad for laptop (user repairability, third party parts, open schematics)
Levis for jeans, they are almost BIFL
a good weighing machine for kitchen/home use
a good mixer grinder WITH safety lock (atleast 750W)
quality stationery pen, mechanical pencil, leads, eraser and other items (Uni, Pentel, Sakura, Staedtler et al, refer to JetPens website)
Edit: fuck you GrapheneOS, for almost 2 months now, they are mass downvoting my comments, and doing voting manipulation, also abusing federation

Reasons people might downvote:

• They are not answering the question that was asked
• They give lots of brands/products that people may disagree are high-quality.
• They recommend products that are outdated
• They gave a website that people should buy from (which may be seen as spammy)

Reasons people are probably not downvoting:

• They are GrapheneOS