I've been lurking a bit and I honestly feel the same way. I'm kinda kicking myself for not jumping into fediverse stuff earlier. Only downside is that certain niche communities don't yet exist but I'm sure they will soon with the influx of people.

It's definitely got an interesting mix of activity and community that I really appreciate

Yes, I have been a social media lurker just because I felt like there was some nefarious corporate entity trying to profit off my engagement, but it is nice to feel “free” here. Fediverse is the real Web3!

This community feels a lot more thoughtful than most, doesn't it? I have enjoyed reading everyones perspective immensely. I try to comment but honestly, I feel like most of the comments are so well thought-out that I don't have a lot to add. It's nice.

Yeah it's nice and chill here, and downvotes disabled is good, on Reddit the "Reddit hivemind" would downvote people because someone else did even though they were right!

And the crowd of an people feels older, like Reddit was 10+ years ago before it was kids and teenagers.

I’m sure it’s not going to last forever as this site grows in popularity

To me that's one of the main benefits of having so many instances; even if the traffic gets wild on a couple there will still be smaller instances with different sorts of users.

Yeah I love it. I started to get back into the bad habit of shitposting but have been deleting those comments before I post

This is one of the few places on the internet where I actually enjoy interacting with people. Everyone has been really helpful to me especially as a newcomer to the fediverse.

It’s honestly thrilling to see what the fediverse can do. I haven’t even scratched the surface with just using lemmy and mastodon

Same. I don't lost a lot but I'm happy to comment more because people seem like they genuinely want to talk or get info here. Likewise I'll read longer comments and articles here (assuming I have time) for the same reason.