This. Pick and instance and roll with it. Most ppl won’t notice nor care about the federation.

Talk less, smile more?

Absolutely. The jadedness coming off of reddit is real. Took me half a year to slowly start participating

Agreed. Oftentimes I describe Lemmy as “reddit back in the day” whenever someone asks me wtf is Lemmy.

Concur. Love how lemmings bundle up and socialize!

Started to participate in discussion more and pleasantly surprised actual conversations happen and the comment section is not flooded with generic bot shit within minutes.

Think about all the things I’ll plan to start doing once 2026 rolls around.

Nx gib acc.! Rear rear!

/s

Do you think maybe some of your teachers were still developing their Socratic method skills?