BothsidesistFraud

Problem statement: I have a bunch of links to sites that update infrequently (think monthly or quarterly magazines) and I want to remember to go read them when they've updated.

RSS isn't a great solution since almost all sites spam out constant low-value content which I'd prefer to not be bombarded with - I just want to see the main updates, similarly to how I'd have received a magazine in the mail, in the past.

The basic answer here is just keep a list of links and remember to click them, and that's what I do, but it feels like there could be a better solution...

How do you handle this?

Long time back I used to use a spam email whenever I needed one. Then services started declining emails from those services, so I made a temp Gmail I used for everything. But I'm not comfortable with how much I use that.

I don't mean an application of technology. Or a specific fact. I'm interested in more big picture things.

Here are some specific questions.

• Are the upvotes and downvotes I make, private? If I report a comment, is my report private?

• Can someone follow me across lemmy instances based on my username?

• If I want to make a community, is there a reason I would choose one lemmy over another?

• Are the powers of moderators similar to reddit's?

• Where can I find a list of most active lemmy instances?

• Any other differences from reddit I should know about?

Basically I'm looking for a heterodox political lemmy community where moderate opinions are valued and the level of discourse is pretty good. Where people are there to talk and there's not as much venting.