I'm an ex-redditor, so I'm still getting my lemmy legs. I don't know how things will play out a decade from now, but I'm enjoying being here during this little sliver of social media history.

I'm kinda digging the order and the volatility. I very much enjoy how easy it is to simply up and leave one instance for another, without experiencing an abrupt shift of everything from how stuff works, to basic etiquette.

It just seems like a very difficult place to power trip.

Well, from what I've seen and read, this is mostly due to the fact that @ruud (am I doing that right?) has put in the time, effort and, most importantly, the money into providing server performance necessary for lemmy.world to survive and handle the load. I wouldn't worry about centralization with Lemmy, simply due to the fact that, should @ruud all of a sudden decide to turn into a first-rate a$$hole (definitely don't see that happening from @ruud's reputation!), the exact same software works on other servers which could supplant lemmy.world should the need arise. Long story short, Lemmy is tyrant-proof, IMO.

On a related note, I would encourage those who appreciate lemmy.world to visit the homepage and contribute when they can, since the associated costs are not insignificant. Who knows what may happen 5-10 years from now; Lemmy could become the dominant platform. I have no problem with that...

the exact same software works on other servers which could supplant lemmy.world should the need arise.

But all the communities on lemmy.world would be lost. I was hoping that communities could be forked and run on a different server if needs arise, like we can do with Git repositories.