I hate to say it, but I think the relative inaccessibility of Lemmy makes the community wholly better. Reddit’s decline really began when any cunt with shit views could easily download their app, make an account in two seconds, and spew hate all over. Before that, it was just nerds like me who at their computer all day to chat.

Unfortunately I feel like that hate and those shitty views are going to spread here soon. I’ve already seen some people unnecessarily gate keeping over niche topics which is one thing but there’s also hateful communities. I can block them but another always seems to spring up.