I used it the day before the blackout to set up an account and see how it all worked. I went from this could be a good alternative to WOW this could be a great alternative once the UI weirdness and bugs are fixed and more apps are released/polished. It’s definitely a viable alternative. The amount of posts/engagement is great now!

I have been on Lemmy for a couple of years and I am very happy about the influx.

I think Lemmy (and kbin) have a lot of potential and just need more attention from users, mods, developers and other organizations;

• There are a lot of private forums and comment sections for News/review/blog websites. Theoretically they could have comments on articles federated and made available on Lemmy/Mastodon.
• The markdown format seems somehow better than reddit and we are starting to see really high quality posts like this one
• hopefully some more integration with mastodon happens so that lemmy users could comment on someone’s mastodon post or something similar.

I’m happy to see the positive responses! I’ve been worried about the natives being pissed off by the unwashed hordes. I hope it stays this way.