Canada

I don't think anything was really missing ... I think it will just take time. I never expected a quick switch from one platform to another for anyone ... I even had a hard time making the break from reddit to here. I love the mountains of content at reddit but the more I explore this side of the fence, the more I feel like I am starting over and I really don't mind that. This was the feeling I had when I started reddit ten years ago and I really don't mind going over it all again.

However, this time, I am a veteran poster and contributor ... I know more how to interact with people and be positive, stern, contribute positively and avoid getting entangled with others on messy topics. I didn't have that experience the first time around.

Lemmy and the fediverse has the benefit of gaining a userbase of veteran posters, lurkers and contributors who will be more capable of generating more useful content this time around. We all just want to talk, debate, discuss and share with one another ... we all like our cat videos and memes but I think a good portion of people just want to be able to talk about ideas and perspectives to stay informed with the rest of the world. And I think it will be those kinds of people that will slowly move onto platforms like this and slowly grow a new community of content on the internet.

People and their ideas and thoughts are the like the dandelions of the internet ... they'll grow anywhere they can and once they catch, they'll blossom into fields of flowers in no time. Corporate controls are like weed killers that try to manicure the landscape into pretty flowers, grasses and crops to be harvested into picture perfect, highly organized and controlled environments that maximize profits but in the end give no useful, healthy product ... I don't mind living on the gravel sideroad of progress with not enough soil, in the hot sun and not enough water ... give us time and we'll grow our roots deep into the soil and cover the land with our bountiful growth!