honestly id recommended it just for the amount of reading material available on there. huuuuge collections curated by real people and not some algorithm. it’s technically free to browse and use (up until you hit 200 blocks- then its around 7dlls a month, which id argue isnt much since your attention isn’t the product as opposed to say, pinterest with all those lame ads) you can connect and upload pretty much anything imaginable and there are so many cool channels to browse through and learn and get inspiration from. i dont think my explanation does it justice so just check it out for yourself!

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Literally just getting into this app. Took a while to get of a feel of where to start and how to navigate it but thats half the fun.
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@SHRILLHAUS i feel the same! my confusion just made me wanna explore it more hahaha
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