At least Reddit had a nice feature where you could filter out up to 100 communities from r/all. I could still get a varied experience while not having to look at things like politics, sportsball, or games I didn’t care for.

Is your cousin not able to call his provider to find out?

Alarm clock. The trick is to put it somewhere where you have to get up in order to turn it off.

I’m not an engineer, but I work in IT and work with engineers, analysts, and management. I have no idea what your knowledge or background is, but the engineers may be reluctant to get too technical in fear of talking over your head. I would make clear to them that you need specific, technical details and not to worry about to much jargon. If they’re reluctant for other reasons, it may be an issue for your management to address.

Whoa, hey, getting put on a list is one thing, but no need to be a monster.