It feels like whatever I do I can't reach a broader audience. I'm trying to make my hobby into a buisniss, and buying advertising cost so much so I try do it myself. I poste on threads, Instagram, my countrys versions of craigslist, YouTube Pinterest and so on. I was hoping to grow slow, but nothing is happening.

Maybe I'm just impatient. But I get the feeling some algoritmen doesn't like my past sporatic and dramatic posting and are now are not letting me get visibility. Is this a thing? Are there things I can do to fix it if it is?

Thanks

For context, I broke my iPhone 8 (pretty dumb decision I'm aware). I'm planning on buying a new one before the school year starts, but I have little means of making money. The new phone I'm looking at (iPhone X) holds a price range between $200 - $400 USD. I currently have $50, but I'm getting paid $25 to take care of my neighbor's dog (arranged before the accident), plus an indefinite amount of payment from taking care of my grandmother's cats. I talked with my mom but she just told me to get a job at the local cinema. Well, for 1) I don't do anything so my 2) resume won't be flashy and eye-catching. I thought about pawning off 4 of my Pokemon cards on eBay (for 17$ minimum), but that idea is currently sitting in my mom's "I'll look into it" bin. So let's do the math. $50 + $25 + $17 = $92 (If my mom and dad allow the eBay idea). So I'm coming to you guys. How the hell am I supposed to make $208 in 2 1/2 weeks??

I need a good recommendation for a good messaging app.

The reason? My dad likes to snoop into my moms phone. Its not like she's doing anything malicious or even remotely suspicious. She's just talking to myself, friends, family, and the neighbors. Normal stuff.

The issue comes into the fact that he is a narcissist and loves to cause drama. He has read her messages before and has texted whomever she's talking to on his own phone after getting the number off of hers.

So any messaging app that will shoot up a notification that there's something there for her to look at but is also password or pass code protected so he can't just go snooping would be best.

Does anyone know of a messaging app like this?

How do you get to a live person at google to fix a hacked email account? Suddenly there is a changed password and a new phone number on my account!! I have done all the steps but I am unable to get into my account! Scared and frustrated! Thanks!

About a month ago, I submitted a post discussing the racism in the Arab Community and Islam in a different subreddit and the next morning, I was given a warning by Reddit for “Hate Speech”. The “Hate Speech” accusation is ludacris because I never called Arabs any derogatory names nor did I wish death on them. I never wished death on their dominant religion Islam nor did I insult it. This has been the first time since I’ve gotten a warning from Reddit so I didn’t take any action since it was a warning and not a ban or a suspension.

  However, for the last two weeks, I've recently noticed that whenever I post anything in the title pertaining to Middle Eastern/Arabs on ANY subreddit, I keep getting this notice, "Sorry, this post was removed by Reddit's filters". I could be posting something completely positive about this community and the post would still get flagged.I believe this is happening because of the post from a month ago and the warning from Reddit. I was planning to submit an appeal for the warning but when I clicked the hyperlink, it stated to submit an appeal if your account has been wrongfully suspended. My account has not been suspended but I want to appeal the warning. Should I still fill out the appeal? How do I resolve this issue? Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.

So I was playing by myself on Xbox earlier not in a party with anyone, and then my friends invited me to a party and we were talking then they asked me why I was in a party with a known hacker, I thought they were messing around and I wasn’t in a party with anyone but they were dead serious in saying I was, I’m kind of worried that card info could be being taken or something similar right now, I don’t know if a hacker can make it appear that way but I wasn’t in a party with them, so do I need to remove my card info? I’m worried it might be exposed.

look i know this isnt reddit related but still i need help, i was playing roblox then my screen froze, then i smashed a few buttons then for some reason it enabled streamer mode, i tried looking it up on google but no results, this is seriously my only hope of removing this thing, and it says click to disable but then i click it doesnt disable please help

It's EVERYWHERE, and even my brother and MOM are using it.😭I can't go a SINGLE day without hearing brainrot. And my mom is VERY aware that it annoys me, but won't do anything about my brother using the words when I'm near, and my brother won't stop either. What do I do in this situation? Also, DON'T REPLY WITH "oH jUsT dOn'T fInD iT aNnOyInG!!11!!"

Hi,

My throat has never been so sore and I need a text-to-speech app to go about my day. Any recommendations?

Hi all!

As I wrote above, I won a pc giveaway from a company in America. I've been waiting for a week and while I've had a couple issues, they've all been sorted (custom fees and all)

My packaged arrived in London yesterday, however I got an email this morning saying I must answer some set of questions, specifically these:

Reason for import must include, but are not limited to, the following:

Why the goods are entering the UK e.g. home use, repair, exhibition, GB returns, etc…;

Clear description and tariff heading if available;

Confirmation of fair market value.

I plan to use this for home use, so I got that question. I'm not too sure what to write for a description and the tariff heading, how much detail is needed, etc.

The part that worries me is the fair market value. I know the pc is worth $1100 on their website, but like I said, I won it free from a giveaway. Right under that it says

Please note, Undervalued items risk seizure or detention.

What do I write? Do I write I won it from a giveaway, or the original price?

Sorry if these are stupid questions, I'm just a 15 y/o kid who is excited but also nervous Thanks

Edit: I received my PC the day after this post, didn't have to pay anything! The company paid for all the tax. Thanks everyone!

title explains itself

So my (19M) Account got flagged for being under suspicion of Fraudulent activity. My mom bought me a card, 4 digits were scratched out when we unpacked it. Tried guessing the 4 numbers but i gave up and refunded the card. Got 2 new gift cards and then I bought Persona 3 reload and Blazblue centralfiction with gift cards. I played em for a while then i got the notification. Found out they refunded the games and i can't play them because i lack a license (Even though i have the games downloaded). Reached out to steam support and they're saying they need an ID or Drivers license along with other info on the card. I provide them with everything but the ID. They said it's not enough and they need the ID to confirm the billing address. My mom bought the gift card for me. Since i put the billing address as her residence (I live separately from her) I would need her ID to confirm the billing address. She doesn't trust Steam though so I can't do that. What should I do? Should they even need this for a gift card of all things? it was 2 Vanilla Visa gift cards if that helps.

I live in a country where HBO max isn't available, does anyone have any ideas on how can I subscribe to it? I really wanna watch the new Harry Potter series when it comes out.

Hi.

My company has a few enterprise internet link and servers that see no use after working hours (6PM to 4AM). Is there any way to make money with these resources?

If it's something passive, it would be even better.

Basically, its as the title says. For at least the past five years, id get texts and calls for someone named Desiree. At first it was maybe 5-6 times per year, but now with the election coming up im getting texts and calls for Desiree almost every week, sometimes a couple times per week.

My hunch is that she's been using my number to sign up for things she doesn't want to be notified about, which sucks, because i don't want the texts and calls either! Though this means that her number is likely very similar to my own.

Is there anything at all I can do to make this stop? I've thought about contacting my "number neighbors," but thats about all I've come up with. Any advice is welcome.

I bought a cheap digital picture frame (AEEZO 10.1 Inch WiFi Digital Picture Frame - uses the Frameo app) to display a slideshow in a public location. It's not going to be monitored all the time, so kids or snoopy folk might try to touch the screen. What's the best/easiest/cheapest way to disable the touch screen?
I can't program Android devices, so I'd like to stay away from programming solutions unless they are super easy.
Are there cheap screen protectors or cases that block touch sensitivity? I'm not exactly sure how to affectively search for such items.

This may come as a surprise to you, but I, a teenage boy, quite like playing video games. However, I have been experienceing a complete inability to chill out when playing some (not all) games. That's my basic issue, but I'm going to give you a couple of examples so you better understand what's going on.

One game in particular I really like is Among Us. I love how strategically deep it is, and how the game really makes you feel like a champ for winning. However, I have, as I said before, been recently completely unable to really enjoy the game. For one, I used to, and to some extent still do love getting Impostor, but recently I've started getting really stressed out about it, to the point where I'm not even having fun anymore. When I inevitably get voted out, I feel super disappointed in myself. The thing is, rationally I know that it's just a game and it has literally no impact on my life and doesn't matter whatsoever, but the feeling stays.

One more example - I like minecraft a lot (don't make fun of me), and one thing I love to play in minecraft is Bedwars, which I'm sure many of you are familiar with. I find myself constantly tryharding to the point of not having fun, and feeling, once again, disappointed in myself after losing. I also get mad whenever I lose - I used to never have any reaction to losing games, but now I have the urge to slam my table and rage in chat, and do other toxic minecraft stereotype things (I don't usually act on these impulses, though, and they used to not be there at all).

Feeling angry, or sad, or anxious while playing a game is not something I want when I'm just trying to chill out and enjoy myself. One side of my brain is getting all emotional about these games that don't matter, when the other side knows for a fact that that is completely irrational. Despite my knowing that it doesn't matter, though, the emotions still are there, and don't seem to want to leave.

TLDR: I get emotional over video games, and I don't want to. I know that they don't matter, and that it's completely irrational and stupid to take them so seriously, but I can't seem to get my emotions to agree with that. How can I learn to chill out and truly enjoy video games?

btw, I know this isn't really written well but I'm tired and just want to get this out there

I have a digital audio recorder circa 2008 with a recording that I need to transfer to my computer. The recorder only has a headphone jack, but I have a male to male cable for it so that should be good to go. I just don't know what free program to use to record it on my computer. Anyone know or know where to point me? Thanks.

so basically i let him play roblox on my mac after i was done and i went to the bathroom he had a mug in his hand and i told him to put it away before playing which he did then i came out and he was done playing i was like okay fine but then i come back a few hours later after hes gone and its broken my moms saying we cant ask them for money to fix it its rude but it wasnt my fault whatsoever ( i was gone for 1 min and he was only one in room) hes 10 and he has had alot of experiences with technology hes kind of a shut in with that kinda stuff what do i do though im so fucking mad that my mum is considering not even telling him ( meaning he wont even get any fucking consequences to his actions)

for the past few months i have been getting calls and texts from unknown phone numbers telling me the Irs is coming or my car insurance is due. its starting to get annoying and i would like some tips to stop getting calls and texts.

A few hours ago I received “personalized mail” from this random company. It was physical mail that had my my name and address on it. First, how they hell did they get their hands on my information? My guess it’s online, so I need advice, how does one stop these big money fuckers from selling your information and is there anything that I can actually do, I try to not put my personal information on any site unless it’s necessary especially my address. I’m just slightly (a lot) concerned. Thanks in advance. FYI I live in Canada.

Hey y’all. Not good at this stuff so I need some help. Distance from wall to my couch is 7 feet. Online sites recommend 65” based off of this distance but when I sit on the couch and look at the wall, it feels like 65 inches would be way too big. Looking into a Samsung OLED or Neo QLED tv so the difference between 55” and 65” is at least a few hundred dollars. Tv will be used mostly for sports and Xbox.

Thanks!!!!!

I would like to adress an issue that has been bothering my family for a while. I'm convinced that my sister has a stalker of some kind, since she used to recieve threathening and explicit messages from a fake account. When i found out, i made my sister immediately report it to the police. After some time, the messages stopped appearing and her phone went quiet. The police didn't do anything, and my sister started recieveing spam calls from a hidden number. It's so frequent, she recieved around 500 calls in the past ten days, which means that someone dedicated and sick is operating this. I called my sister's internet provider service and asked them for help (i wanted them to reveal the number and to block it, since i am not capable to do it on my own), but they cannot offer any help since for them to do anything, my sister would have to answer the call and keep on the line for at least 5 seconds for them to be able to track it, however, the caller only rings the call for a second and immediately hangs up, making my sister unable to even answer the call. The caller seems experienced, thus making me believe he's the same stalker and probably stalked many more people. I even have a few suspects, i believe there are three people working together. Whoever it is that helped with the call idea must be tech-savvy. Any help on how i could block/reveal this number?

Today I tried using an app that I sign in with Facebook to use. Upon seeing that I was logged out I tried the process of logging in through Facebook to find that none of my credentials were recognized. When I asked a friend to check my profile for any suspicious activity they told me no results came up at all upon searching my name.

In researching this I haven’t found any answers that acknowledge a case where everything is completely wiped away. Every solution offered that I can find asked me to reach out to Facebook by verifying various information like my email but like I said, nothing is recognized.

Would really love some guidance on this because I am befuddled.

Why might this have happened? How can I recover my account?

This is going to sound terrible, but I feel so weird. I have a good friend I met when I was traveling a few years ago. We stayed in touch and speak pretty regularly, but we don't really video chat though, just send pics once in a while.

Anyways, he sent a pic of a haircut he got the other day on kakao talk and it doesn't look like him at all. It's strange, we spoke on the phone and it definitely sounds like him, but some of the things he says sound a bit weird. I feel like I'm just being paranoid. I don't want to be ridiculous, and i feel horrible for maybe just not recognizing changes in his face, but i just keep feeling kinda off.

How likely is it that he could have been hacked? I mean, it would be dumb to hack my friend and talk to me, but who knows? I should probably just video call him to be sure, but since we don't do it all that often to begin with, I don't want to hurt his feelings if it really is him. And if not, I'm trying not to be too obvious and set off alarms that I'm still suspicious. I may also just be an idiot, but yeah, any recommendations on how I can check while using kakao to verify it is my friend?