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Wow. Thank you for your thorough response. It really added to my understanding of microblogging (which was essentially nothing). I really appreciate it.

I think you're right insofar as onboarding is concerned. Once you've registered, though, Lemmy is relatively straightforward to use. Changing your user settings to display posts from ALL federated Lemmy instances on your front page helps with discoverability. That should be the default setting, but it isn't. That setting is associated with the "Type" parameter (found just below "Theme"). It isn't terribly obvious.

I want to say something like "we like the stock" without coming across as a silly reddit memelord. But we like the stock.

I genuinely would like to know: what is the appeal of microblogging, such as Twitter and Mastodon? How does one get the most out of it?

I have to say, though, that this Fediverse stuff (I'm new) smacks of the "old Internet." I love it. This is such a breath of fresh air.

I saw this post on the front page. Condolences, maybe?

Isn't that a good thing, though, at least to the extent that data is free for sharing?

I think Starsiege Tribes was quite ahead of its time on release.

I'm new, myself. I hope more people start coming over.