Tuukka R

How much would this actually increase the load of a Lemmy instance?

I’d imagine that when I’m actually browsing Lemmy, I consume so much data that the polling probably wouldn’t cause even a tenth of a percent of that load. But, I don’t know the technology, so I could be completely wrong with my understanding of how much it would strain the Lemmy instances. How big would the strain be in proportion to how much a Lemmy user strains the instance’s server anyway?

There is a workaround used by Element and Telegram FOSS. They have notifications without using Android’s standard notification system.

For example Telegram FOSS and Element use a workaround to avoid using the google tool for this: If you make a permanent notification that is visible in Android’s notifications menu, you can make this feature work. It’s a bit stupid that there is constantly the Telegram logo and the Element logo visible on the upper bar on my phone’s screen, but in the end that doesn’t really matter.

Most of politicians at least here in Europe have not started with a lot of money. You first start in communal politics, then when you’ve shown your skills in that, your party gives you more visibility among the general public. And then you might get to the national parliament, and if you’re doing your job well there, you might end up in a position where you become interesting for voting in as a MEP. Or as the president of your country.

You cannot get into the national parliament out of nowhere, but I don’t really know why you should. It’s a very tough job, and it’s good that you’ve first had to gather some experience from communal politics before that.

Though, this is of course only how it works with leftist and centrist parties. In the right wing parties the system is apparently somewhat different. But that’s one of the reasons I wouldn’t vote them anyway.