What do you consider having "taken off"?
It's been integrated with just about everything or is in the works. A lot of people still don't like it, but that's not an unusual phase of tech adoption.
From where I sit I'm seeing it everywhere I look compared to last year or the year before where pretty much only the early adopters were actually using it.
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
If you made it this far, showerthoughts is accepting new mods. This community is generally tame so its not a lot of work, but having a few more mods would help reports get addressed a little sooner.
Whats it like to be a mod? Reports just show up as messages in your Lemmy inbox, and if a different mod has already addressed the report, the message goes away and you never worry about it.