you cant really return to normalcy from this, but i dont think most users care. whenever i get into a casual convo about the fediverse online, the general consensus from people is 'yeah reddit isnt going to die, i'll stay on reddit for my communities'. so if the majority think reddit isn't going to die and continue using the site, it probably wont die! it'll just go back to normal with a few million less users (which actually isnt that much for a big site) unless spez hilariously fucks up

really the fediverse is just a lot of people who like tech at the end of the day, not the average web user

congrats from .ca!

while im here: does anybody actually know why lemmy.world grew the fastest out of all of the instances? its not the "main" instance like .ml, not a safe space like beehaw, and a normal general instance like itjust.works. im curious why out of all places, .world got the main influx

i appreciate the message but what is that ui design???

the floating hearts that go over the text. the neon pink background. the fact that this serious pact is in all lowercase (i know im typing in all lowercase, but i think the fedipact is different from an internet forum). the weird text animation for hyperlinks that makes it unreadable for a second. this does not lead to any reasonable credibility

i like the community but

1. this app needs a better ui...i know that comes secondary but it just seems to vague. whats with the weirdly small coloured thread indicators?
2. theres gotta be a better explanation of federation out there. there's gotta be. i didn't understand it for days because i couldnt find any decent sources on lemmy

RID (reddit is dead)

...very ironic acronym, lol

hello chat. im just the average reddit refugee. im excited to see how reddit messes up even further

spez a real one fr

sh.itjust.works is an unbearable name to read. i read dots in a website link like the end of a sentence (ex lemmy.world would be lemmy {break} dot {break} world.) good instance, despise the name

is the slogan, front-page of the internet

so far it has the Reddit feel

isnt that reddits slogan? no kidding, buddy. no kidding. (i mean this in a positive way)

join-lemmy.org shows a few instances at the top of its join page:

lemmy.fmhy.ml (which is based)

sh.itjust.works which im pretty sure is having a free speech or too much user choice problem atm

lemm.ee, a general instance

sopuli.xyz, which i know nothing about (who is finn???)

i dont see .world until a further scroll down from those. did they change it?

oh damn a rif redirect happened?