Because it isn't free, from the perspective of your Lemmy instance you'll be spam requesting until you find content. Doing it this way ensures you're less likely to hammer an instance.
You're going to need to give more information than this zero context screenshot. Is this a virus scanner? If so, which? Why are you scanning? What caused this series of events? What's the full content of this popup?
Absolute worse case scenario: whatever you're doing will not irreparably damage your PC. If you break windows or whatever you can just wipe your pc and reinstall windows via a usb stick. However, it's not clear what's going on here.
People who use WhatsApp but have friends who want to use signal and vice versa.
Your average person really does not care about this stuff,they just want something easy and familiar. This is good for people who care enough to use signal but still want to actually chat to people.
Not quite. This isn't an uncommon thing and appears in the log under the name "Anti-Evil Operations" (yes, really). In this case, it appears the admin probably didn't activate their admin status properly or something.
It isn't that they want to hide the action, it's just not meant to appear under a personal username.
It's a fun wrap-up to act 1 before you dive into the underdark or the mountain pass. It also serves as an important relationship set-up - it's where you're meant to establish who you want to romance, if anyone.
I did just yesterday, through Prolific. Got paid for it too.