I’d hate to see the community I helped build be destroyed. However, I will love watching the folks that made it great join the federation! Here’s to us!

After I made a few jokes in the comments, I shifted.

One fascinating aspect of Lemmy is that it won't solely be the mods or admins choosing instances they associate with. As a user, you can too, isn't that pretty cool? Let's say in the future you find yourself disagreeing with what a particular instance is promoting or allowing. You have the freedom to join another instance instead. It's empowering to be able to switch instances as a user; just like that meme I imagine dramatic lemmings exclaiming “I’m leaving those gate keepers at X”

This concept signifies that you shouldn't become too attached to the identity of your accounts on a specific instance, which is probably a healthy mindset anyways. It also means that on Lemmy, everyone, including users, admins, and mods, has the flexibility to choose how and with whom they want to associate. Some instances may prioritize user privacy or choose to exclude certain types of content that contradicts their core beliefs. While some may label it as gatekeeping, it's important to recognize that people naturally gravitate towards communities of like-minded individuals.

What's really neat is that as a user, you don't even need to seek approval for this. You can create multiple accounts and join multiple instances, where all that’s required is for you to behave in a manner aligned with the code of ethics or conduct defined by the community. Ultimately that means the power lies in the user's ability to switch instances, to find the best home for themselves. So there is no need to worry what other instances are doing and it adds an interesting dynamic to the overall experience.

It’s instetesting for the subject of Piracy in particular. Participating in obtaining digital goods has most often been a "take it or leave it" standard. You’ve always had to “go where the action is” if not desperately trying to get invited ( Demonoid era).

They will come to their senses when they need there warez as they always do.

Wouldn’t it be enjoyable to watch receive news of that here on Lemmy 🤭

Apollo users unite !

You did the work, this deserves to be higher in the comments

My god I wish. But I will say, congrats to Mlem and to Memmy, for pushing out two apollo-esque apps in the spirit of it all

Remember before 9/11 when you could meet your loved ones at the gate. Remember when TSA hardly existed.

My hand, which I’ll call “Apollo” gets cut off on June 30th. I scream “Nooooo never!!!!” By joining Lemmy 😊.

1. I am more active here than I was on Reddit (=me).

Thanks for kicking off the forum for us. I’m looking forward to being a part of it.

Maybe I’m ND, but I always called them real friends and fake ones. The real ones always pick right up where they left off.

Oh man! Please tell me we brought LOTRmemes over and this isn’t just a bot post! This was one of my few guilty pleasure, non-learning, non-informational subs ❤️

Is June 30th specifically the best time to do this… so they know why? Or should I just do it now?

They certainly will be screwed somehow, at some point. If they give this little warning. I doubt Reddit will disclose changes quick enough for there not to be an eventual case of a huge bill randomly, and many “oh shit” moments for the developer

Because that guy definitely pooped today.

Man, what would be perfect! Because as far as I see it, it’s one of the few inconveniences of federation on the user level, and that kind of aliasing would totally solve it.

Watch out for Bananakin Skywalker!

I filed mine for the complete history on two accounts. One 11 years old. The other 4. I edited comments I’d made, and I unsubscribed from every subreddit except ApolloApp

I might buy pro on all 3: Mlem Memmy and Artemis, just to help skyrocket them on the App Store. Fuck spez