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oh, it's crypto-bro blockchain stuff, yeah ... no thanks ๐
here are the last two years of actively monthly user stats on Lemmy:
https://lemmy.fediverse.observer/stats&months=24
note that a lot of people are migrating to piefed (which integrates with lemmy and serves the same purpose):
https://piefed.fediverse.observer/stats&months=12
It's built on a blockchain but that's as far as the crypto element goes. no token or anything like that. No base knowledge of crypto needed. The blockchain allows you to remain anon when signing up.
ZeroNet was doing something similar over a decade ago, the idea of a radical free-speech / censorship-resistant blockchain-mediated forum is nothing new. (In the end it tends to create a space for pedophiles, Nazis, and other such taboo groups who experience the most censorship elsewhere.)
My issue with this is less about a lack of knowledge (I have more crypto and blockchain knowledge than I would like to have), but more about the disappointment in crypto-bro culture and their ideological associations. NFTs, cryptocurrency, and blockchain technologies are all darlings of reactionaries and grifters - it's a toxic culture, and I'm just not interested in anything associated with it.
Nah i'm with you on that one 100% as well. As someone that's been in the crypto space for years now. (More than I would like to admit). Crypto Twitter for example is a cesspit. I find myself enjoying Mirage more so now due to the fact it's not too dominated with Crypto content. Far from it at this stage. Plus there's no algo, it's all opt in/opt out self moderation, which suits me also.
But I hear you on the crypto culture 100%.
oh, that's nice - I remember enjoying aspects of ZeroNet, though it was hard to filter all the junk out; it was also much smaller than Lemmy.
I think you will probably fit in nicely on Lemmy, tbh - anti-Zionism is pretty much the default here (which is why I assume you got kicked from Reddit), and there are a lot of techie people here, too.
Thanks for being nice to me and hearing me out ๐
Legend. Thanks to you!
My pleasure!