“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski
You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.
So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby…?
I’m still browsing and participating on reddit once in a while, and let me tell you the atmosphere there is dank and vile. You get attacked for the smallest things, people are cynical and sarcastic and heinous… this agression will not stand, man. Nothing in common with the reddit from 15 years ago. That would be Lemmy. Lemmy feels essentially like Reddit used to. With less people. I like most interactions here, the smaller scale helps and probably the fact that we’re -actually mostly- humans. If and when my instance votes on the move to Piefed, I’ll go there. It’s still the threadiverse, free and diverse