Just wondering what brought everyone here.
Background: I was banned from Reddit for questioning the system and feel that true leftist ideologies on Reddit are severely censored (despite being considered one of the few last leftist social media platforms). I think the left needs more tech literacy and I hope the Fediverse is the future.
So, I am wondering what made folks curious about alternative options?
I read about the Fediverse years ago and opened a couple accounts across a couple platforms. As I expected at the time, too low volume of people to really keep me engaged.
I stayed on reddit until same as everyone else here; they killed 3rd party apps and mod tools. I was a mod on a small, friendly little niche hobby sub. It started getting overrun by bots and MAGA types who wanted to make every post about guns and women staying home to serve their husbands. Good members started leaving the sub and I turned from having fun to loathing it very quickly. I created some fresh Fediverse accounts and made the move for real.