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My experience with the Fediverse has only been through Mastodon, through which I struggled to find a community I really gelled with. Either it was supper overwhelming with meme posts or NSFW, or it was too chill to the point of nothing. Or, it was hyperfocused like FOSS/Linux and became uninteresting after awhile. May try again, but I think I will explore the other fedisites like Plemora or Calckey to see if I like it better.

I love the pace of a forum. I grew up primarily with GameFAQS and some lucid dreaming forum, and honestly it was very formative in teaching me how to write and use critical thinking skills, as well as how to respond to a variety of temperaments. I stopped participating in online forums awhile ago, and while I loved Reddit as a resource, I never felt inspired to participate. In the same way, there are an incredible number of forums dedicated to a certain topic, and are extremely valuable, it would be annoying to make an account for all the things I am interested in.

I like what lemmy is becoming. Glad to find system that makes interacting with people enjoyable.

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[–] SammichParade@vlemmy.net 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hope the devs from the third party apps that Reddit is murdering are able to get similar/better jobs elsewhere. Maybe the dev teams whose platforms are now getting flooded with Reddit refugees could use the help.

[–] lee@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Developers are already working on a way for 3rd party apps to switch over to lemmy. https://sh.itjust.works/post/12678

[–] SammichParade@vlemmy.net 3 points 1 year ago

That's amazing!

[–] LSNLDN@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Do you or anyone know, how does one open the link you shared in their own instance? As in, so I’m still logged in on beehaw and can comment etc. tia

[–] KreekyBonez@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

anyone who isn't burnt out by the circumstances would do well to get in early on this. I see it in my industry all the time; shittier companies shoot themselves in the foot, and the laborers that made them big in the first place bail to make other startups better.

fingers crossed

[–] SammichParade@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago

And we should donate to all these new places. I'll have to figure out where to send my money to support this massive migration.