Similar to Harney Peak being renamed Black Elk Peak. Though Harney wasn’t a Confederate, he did massacre Native American men, women, and children. Tribal/indigenous naming is so much better.

Strong Poe’s Law energy with this comment.

I haven’t tried that one yet. Heard of it, but Mastodon has kinda stuck with me so I haven’t really moved on to something else.

Sorry for the late response, I don’t check my notifications very often.

To answer your question: I like that you can follow specific hashtags instead of people. For example, my feed is a combination of #nature, #astrophotography, #hiking, and #catsofmastodon. There are hashtags for just about any interest, and that’s all you have to follow if you want.

Like many commenters here, I am glad that I left Reddit because of the enshittification, but I do miss some of the communities that were there that didn’t want to move. I don’t think Lemmy has completely filled that void, but it’s done a good enough job that I’m here to stay.

I’ve basically stopped using all other social media except for Mastodon (which I actually like way more than Twitter, even if there aren’t as many users) and I feel like my life is better for it. I spend less time mindlessly doom-scrolling and more time doing things I actually enjoy. Since the Reddit blackout I’ve read 60 books, played more videogames, and spent more time outside.

TL:DR touch grass sometimes, it can help