I liked the positivity of the community for the most part. Reddit, to my mind, was the only largely non toxic form of social media and that will be hard to replace though I’m liking Lemmy so far.

I always liked getting into micro communities and hearing how they talked about their worlds. That might include life in obscure (relative to me) places around the world, getting into the weeds of various occupations I’ll never work in or learning about the fine details of hobbies I’ll never have. Real people having good faith conversations about highly specific things relevant to them.

It's been mentioned, but product recommendations from real consumers that weren't listicles of Amazon affiliate links primed for SEO.

Be able to expand more about the web and networks from here. I did that on Reddit as a jump off point.

Megathreads about exactly which entry in a video game series is the slightly better one to get into

niche communities... like random skin care and chromeos

I want to find niche communities and support. I primarily used Reddit for COVID caution stuff, and it would be great if Lemmy developed something similar. I also loved the classical guitar subreddit, the gardening subreddit, and stuff like that.

1. Shitposting and nonsense
2. Linux and other tech news/info
3. News and commentary from normal people

A superficially meaningful escape from reality that doesn’t involve drinking to excess ~~___~~