In retrospect, I’m really glad all of this shit with Reddit happened and lemmy became a thing in my life. Was bummed initially when Apollo died, but now despite needed polish in lemmy apps, the experience here is much much better and I would never go back.

I wouldn't underestimate the ability for cultures to enforce themselves over time (though evolution is certainly inevitable).

The culture over on mastodon, despite huge migrations from twitter, has managed to have a persistent effect. Sometimes that's been by pushing away people who don't fit in (which has actually been controversial in some ways). But generally, it's been by having a positive effect on people just like lemmy has on you (and me!) and encouraging such people to understand where that effect comes from and carry that effect forward.

Part of the idea of the fediverse, after all, is empowering us to take back the internet and make it what we want.

When i joined Lemmy after quiting reddit i stopped being a lurker 😄 so much nicer here!

It's nice here.

I’m sure more toxicity will come as the user base continues to grow but, for now, this place is pretty fuckin’ cool and I appreciate you all.

One thing I learnt about toxicity during the year and few months I'm on the fediverse is that admins are more proactive to the server's rules. There are servers with fewer rules or with poor admins/moderators, but those that are more serious, you won't feel like you're defenceless.

Another good thing is that you can create your own server with your own rules and a better management than the place where you were on.

So, yes, toxicity will come eventually, but with a good set of rules and decent admins/moderators to make them come into effect, this place will be wonderful.