But here you are prompting me! It is smaller here, that’s true. I’ve been commenting just about as much as I did before (12yr/2k), but I take issue with the latter point. I was just reading the recent thread on the double slit science experiment and there are smrt people here too (certainly not me, of course) with depth/breadth of knowledge just like the before place. That’s my take anyway. I browse All a ton too.

The biggest thing I’ve experienced is that there are more forthright folks here and fewer trolls. Though I do still see too many combative and/or simple ashholes. Those are the ones that prevent engagement for me. Wrestling with a pig and all that.

I don’t know, I find that in Lemmy I can have better discussions than on Reddit. It isn’t the same as Reddit ~5-6 years ago but it’s definitely better than post-apicalypse Reddit, or maybe even post-covid years.