yep, i will happily admit that i’m in the new relationship/honeymoon phase on Lemmy right now. today i saw my first full rainbow thread of discussion and i find that there’s a genuine, somewhat pure sense of enjoyment. maybe this is how the high feels before the addiction kicks in.

i have mixed feelings regarding its growth. i want the community to grow and thrive, but at the same time i don’t want it to turn into reddit: the next generation.

That sounds kinda fun! I would volunteer my data for science and curiosity. It reminds me of buzzfeed quizzes, I input some data and then it tells me who or what I am. It’s mildly entertaining. Perhaps it could even go as far as influencing peoples’ opinions of themselves and their worldviews.

I don’t really have a problem with this. If I did have a problem with it, it’s quite easy for me to stop using Lemmy, along with any federated platform. But I’m not going to stop buying groceries just because the data collected on my shopping habits can infer what brand of cheese I prefer and how often I eat cheese.