Something poetic about Facebook dropping xmpp and now coming back to mastodon
I can totally see the big 5 trying to the same things with activitypub
Yeah, but we can help out in the meantime!
And if you need the full url for your instance's search: https://lemmy.ml/c/iphone
I think most people would agree with the sentiment, but it's probably a side effect of people being a bit lost.
If you can't find the community or discussion where you could contribute more niche information, having the general reddit exodus topic at least lets you participate.
And I think that is the common thread of optimism. Even with the confusion and the jank, it still feels good to be somewhere welcoming and new.
Doesn't Slashdot kind of work like that?