“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski
You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.
So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby…?
To be honest, after some initial difficulty in grasping the concept of federation (which I certainly don’t claim to fully understand even now) this place feels just as easy to use as Reddit.
I think that’s partly because I almost exclusively used Reddit via the Sync app, and I now use Lemmy almost exclusively through Sync as well. The experience is basically the same, except that it’s a bit quieter, but as someone else alluded to, that’s maybe no bad thing as it means I spend less time here. Instead I just dip in and out, and that’s fine.