Arguing is engagement. Lemmy has been a breath of fresh air in terms of civil and engaging discussion. It’s actually like what reddit used to be over a decade ago.

I remember that and miss that. Being a Redditor used to mean something- generally a Redditor would be liberal or libertarian, but always open-minded and accepting, with a strong sense of fairness. There were really GOOD discussions on the site, frequently- respectful debates on subjects of all kinds and people coming together to help one another.
That's less common now. In a quest to grow the userbase the app gets advertised to a lot of idiots. The 'new reddit' site and mobile app push passive consumption and scrolling over in depth discussion. The really good conversations are fewer and farther between.

If the result of this is that the 'reddit old guard' and other intelligent folks like them moves to Lemmy and the TikTok scrollers stay on Reddit, that'd be sad for Reddit but I think we'd be better off...