I’ve been so happy with the tone and discussions here. I am hopeful that as we continue to grow we will see lots of people from Reddit, but that we will all check the reddit culture at the door. It feels really nice here.

I’m so impressed with how devs and community members across federated content spaces are handling the technological and communications challenges that are arising as many of us are flocking and trying to talk with each other and grow new communities.

This has got to be a really fun but tough time for those behind the scenes—thank you, all of you!!

Thanks, SpaceNoodle <3

Hahha right “the rebellion!”

Yeah I just remember to check every time...I'm sure that's one of those things that is just a little jenky that will improve with time!

It makes me giddy to think of how fast people are working on readers/apps for Lemmy that will make all of this way easier for more people to adopt.

But I think a piece of this that’s important to remember is the messed up incentives that most platforms have had beginning around the time they took on serious funds from big investors.

From the moment you bring in serious investment dollars from Silicon Valley funds and SV wannabes, your incentive is no longer to build something that seriously delights users just for the sake of delighting users, everything is in service to shareholder value.

Reddit is perhaps the most classic example of our time of a truly wonderful platform being destroyed by shareholder value coming first.

Looks like it is compromised once again? It was fine for me and just a minute ago went back to “Israel” and porn.

Reddit feels like addiction to me, while the fediverse feels exciting and like I’m having real conversations with people.

I have popped on to Reddit a couple of times to help with a couple of subs I’m a part of but god it’s just trash over there to me now…I really don’t want to be there. I deeply resent what they’ve done to it over time.

I'm so happy for your breezy menopause, but happier still that I've been hearing about and having so many conversations about peri and menopause in recent times. We've come along way from "The Change" being some spooky, hidden thing that women shoulder alone...it makes me so happy that women are discussing their experiences with one another and demanding/finding good care when they need it.

I'm not there yet, though I believe I have entered peri. I had an ablation last fall due to pretty severe, chronic cycle-related anemia and it changed my life. I definitely understand how you feel about not missing the leaking, middle of the night surprises, etc. That part of having a period being (mostly) gone for me has truly been a game changer.

Question for you, please only answer if you're comfortable: is the mood medication you are taking hormonal, like specifically for hormonal mood issues? Or traditional psychiatric medication?

I've definitely known several women who said menopause was very easy and wonderful for them. My own mother suffered pretty terribly with it, but I also know she received no care and didn't take anything to try and ease things...so I'm trying to gather as much information as I can on what is working for others. I'm hopeful that I will have an easier time of it than my mother.

Congratulations again. I wish you a continued easy breezy path. Thank you so much for sharing this with others, it's so vital that women run into conversations like this. Some women still don't know that we're out here, talking about all of this!

Right? I’ve had my kids and am now horrified to watch them (three of them girls) growing up in this new, terrifying world.

Holy shit that would have been priceless.

Yeah, rogue police officers taking it upon themselves to start acting like overseers tasked with capturing women seeking healthcare in other states is a huge problem. Women's Healthcare destination states need to start cracking down on that kind of behavior very hard.

Oh my god that episode. And then they create the program for the villain to live in indefinitely and all of that, I kind of loved how that storyline played out.

It’s been so enjoyable!

And me!!

This needs to exist. Every young warrior needs these tales.

If “Meta” made it, I just don’t want it.

I am so excited by this news. Menopause is not talked about enough, and is not well enough understood. It’s so life shattering for many women (my own mother has been through so so much, it hurt to watch and be able to do nothing).

As a woman who is almost forty and has just this year been experiencing my first real health concerns in her life, the prospect of making decisions around hormone treatments has been quite frightening. The choice has felt like “oh, shrivel into a miserable husk of who you once were” OR “have fun with breast cancer!”—what kind of choice is this?

Fingers crossed! I'm really enjoying the conversation here :)