Good on you for making the right choice for yourself! Weed and the community will still be here if/when you return ❤️
I think that because Lemmy is federated it has a strong defense against becoming Voat. Sure, there will be some instances that pop up that allow/tolerate that shit but then other Lemmy instances can just block them!
It’s a fun project that’s worth trying yourself once or twice. For me it was a huge learning experience but ultimately too much work to maintain so I ultimately went to a paid email service.
No idea what the strain was, unfortunately. It was nice though! The lotus didn’t seem to add or remove from the experience but it’s nice in the eyes