The emergence of social media has destroyed all the small communities to standardize communication and information.
It’s a bit of a digital version of rural exodus. And since 2017/2018, I’ve noticed that everything that, in my opinion, represented the internet has disappeared.
I’ve known Lemmy for a few hours and I feel like I’m back in the early spirit of the internet.
Depends what communities you frequent, I think. I’m still drinking from the “all/hot” firehose presently, but I see myself spending more time in the smaller communities as lemmy overall get bigger and more mainstream.