Yeah it was the diver thing that made me realize he was an egomaniac. A loud egomaniac.
they announced they were going to start paying people for content
I must have missed this. Do you have a link?
You guys underestimate the amount of abuse that people who have nothing else are willing to go through.
I initially had the same lament, but since we’re early adopters of this tech, it really is on us to build the communities here. If you want to discuss something, just post a thread. Even if no one replies right away, as people start coming they will start engaging with posts that are already there.
Right on man. My last comment on R3dd!t told people the amount of time they spent figuring out how to still use 3rd party apps, they can direct that effort into learning how to participate in the Fediverse. Got a hundred-ish downvotes so that means a hundred people now know Lemmy exists.
Nope, I wiped a lot of the stuff in my alt when the Aimee Challenor thing happened and tbh, I’ve been pretty disengaged since then because I found the real world to be more interesting.
The message boards I frequented when I was 14 don’t exist anymore and thank fucking god. You don’t want this cringe stuff tied to you 20 years down the road. You’ll find that the memories of good times are enough!
I love how the 3 kids are basically Bart, Lisa and Maggie.