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Wow. Front page of huffpost.com right now. Interesting...

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[–] Puffymumpkins@lemmy.world 150 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Let's hope more news stories mentioning Lemmy leads people to join us here. Ive been loving this place as much as I loved reddit when I first found it, and I hope more people get to experience what I am experiencing

[–] vyvanse@kbin.social 47 points 1 year ago (15 children)

The fact that we're communicating from so many different websites blows my mind! Just a little extra thing that makes this platform even more fun for me :)

[–] Puffymumpkins@lemmy.world 55 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It really feels like I'm actually exploring the internet. And the idea that I could turn an old laptop or raspberry pi into a server, adding to the fediverse: it feels like I'm living in the future

Is this how kids in the 90s felt when the internet was just gaining traction?

[–] generalpotato@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Kid from 90s that grew up with the advent of the internet. It’s somewhat similar, but still very managed and controlled. Internet in the 90s was absolutely wild. Obscure corners, all sorts of content, free, open and you could spend days and days exploring it and still couldn’t enough of it. All of it was unique, driven by passions, curiosities, desires, people wanting to express themselves.

I sort of dislike what it has become and how everything is monetized. But I suppose, this is the cost of progress and innovation in the rest of the areas of our lives.

[–] Alchemy@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Late night internet chats, dropping the A/S/L and expecting the person to reply honestly. Those were the days.

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