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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

i think it's because this style of social media is familiar to those of us who used bbs/irc/forums that were prominent in the 1990's; while the younger crowd prefers short form content.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I somehow missed the twitter craze by accident. Was active on Myspace and then Facebook, but I always preferred my forums. Once I left all other social media, reddit was all that was left, and now Lemmy. It feels a lot more like what I miss, but still isn't quite the same

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