Found out about it from Reddit, and it seemed better in several ways, so I tried it out.
Saw the whole fiasco of Reddit unraveling and then went to Lemmy. Seriously fuck Spez and how he treated the developer of Apollo.
I’m a bit less extreme about it than many here. But, in short, back when Reddit made sweeping API changes it immediately gave me ‘the ick’ and so I sought less centralised platforms. Lemmy is the closest thing I’ve found to people just hosting their own message boards like back in the early internet.
I’m a big fan of decentralized platforms and I love the concept of ActivityPub.
That said, I still use Reddit and have recently started to really enjoy BlueSky, so I’m not militantly against the corporate platforms or anything.
Finally, I just like the natural selection things like Lemmy and Mastodon have for those who are naturally more techy and nerdy.
To spread the word about the ultimate beverage: WATER
Haha makes me think about the old HydroHomies subreddit and what it was originally called
