Great points. My vision for our community would be that we discuss this exact phenomenon more often and even try and innoculate our community from that effect. We could even position ourselves in the media ecosystem and make ourselves relevant. I don't even think we can do that at the scale of the Lemmyverse anymore.

I want to be part of a community that has a higher level of self awareness. I'd like to do that outside of the bigtech ecosystem. Having a Lemmy instance is cool beans, so I'm frustrated that it is likely going to slip away.