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What brought you to Lemmy? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by Confidant6198@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 year ago

Also, lemmy has the potential to be the better platform, period. Federation is a fresh start for the entire concept of social media services

Federation comes with some drawbacks, but the upsides mean that the type of bullshit that mainstream social media has started doing can be fought back for real.

That's the horse I want to bet on, even if it's not in a competitive position right now.