What I don’t get is what is stopping people from joining a smaller instance more adjusted to their tastes? Like if you join large instance made for the general user, don’t be surprised if you see a political opinion or meme you disagree with. world and ml tend to block only the most egregious of instances.

There are plenty of instances that cater to the political and social leanings of people if you really can’t stand being outside a bubble, but fediverse isn’t simply one site, and you can’t bully or complain your way into shaping the culture of lemmy or fediverse in general. That is part of the beauty of this site, and for how many here complained about the homogeneity of reddit, its funny how now the big complaint is people are seeing opinions they don’t like.

There are simple solutions to all of that, but it involves being proactive in the users and communities you block, and being selective of the instance(s) you join.

This has got to be impressive to someone, and I’m happy for them.

This won’t be abused at all…

うまいそう！たこ焼きが大好きだけど、いつも食べるたびに口とのどもやけどしまう！

I just looked through the communities they mod. Unless you are dying to engage with illegalimigration, mixedrace, revelation, askconspiracytheorists, antiwitchcraft, fluoride, chemtrails, or newworldorder, I don’t think anything of value was lost.

I already registered, you don’t have to sell it to me!

@morph Thanks 😊

Sweet, salty, and spicy all in one place? I’d like that!

What is with Lemmy’s obsession with beans?

TLDR: Mastodon trying their damndest to rationalize taking the money.

I think this illustrates why this isn’t a replacement for reddit for many people. The point of reddit is it brought community and discussion to one site. It’s what killed decentralized forums, and sadly, I don’t think the average user is going to go back to that.