I was on reddit before the digg exodus, and the current state of lemmy feels somewhat reminiscent of those times. When communities are smaller there is just a completely different feel than the 1 million+ subscriber goliaths some subreddits became.
What is the reason for removing search functionality? Is it really just to make it harder to find what people want and potentially be served more ads? Hopefully site:whateverbutprobablyreddit.com never goes on the chopping block.
I mostly just used Twitter to keep updated on various indie games/artists/authors/content creators. I'd imagine they would go to Threads or Tiktok's new thing before giving Mastadon a shot, and some of them have.
I don't want to be a downer; Mastadon would be my favorite Twitter alternative with how it functions, but in its present state Mastadon just doesn't work for my use case. I think for now I just have to phase Twitter-likes out of my life unless I'm willing to bite the bullet on putting up with meta or 𝕏.
Star Trek man sits funny.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVIGhYMwRgs