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I use a few social media platforms at the same time. I'm used to seeing the same things on each platform. That's how the internet has been for years - you read the same things on the same five sites.

To be fully transparent, Lemmy isn't at the top. I don't post much and I lurk. Sometimes I post a comment here and there.

But this past week, I'm seeing more and more interesting content in the "Everything" section of Lemmy that I didn't see in my other social media feeds. New communities and more interesting convos.

Uncertain if the fediverse has gotten a wave of new posters, some algorithm has changed, or every other social media company is sucking more and more thanks to America Team Police...

Just wanted to share my extremely limited anecdotal non-fact checked viewpoint.

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[-] 1dalm@lemmings.world 12 points 12 hours ago

I jump between social networks every few years. My social network path has gone from AOL chat groups, to Yahoo News groups, to Facebook for a few years, to Twitter, to Mastodon, to Reddit.

Last week I decided to test Lemmy out. Best thing I can say about it is that it's not any worse than all the others. Which is a pretty good compliment really, considering the resources and network advantages that all the others have.

[-] foodandart@lemmy.zip 5 points 11 hours ago

Absolutely. It's a testament to what people that care can do.

I love it here.

[-] BenderRodriguez@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago

AOL chat rooms were my jam. I remember role playing games in the gaming chat section in middle school. You would create characters in your bio. I miss that.

[-] 1dalm@lemmings.world 6 points 10 hours ago

They were so... Innocent.

Like, everyone trusted everyone. Like, sure perfect stranger online, I don't mind telling you my real name, home address, and age. What's the harm?

[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago

Haha I don't know about that!

It was ingrained into me to never share anything until Facebook normalized it. I always feared some nutcase would come to my house because I made a solid yo momma joke that broke him.

I did a/s/l in a vague way, telling people I was 1-2 years older than I was, which was required to meet hotties also in the AOL chatz.

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