Today I signed up for Lemmy.ml

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[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

You're probably right but we'd still lose people.

Yes, and we'd likely grow people too, from other Lemmy instances, etc. And perhaps with less STABs for a while.

Especially that people here tend to be older. I mean, I ain't that old but Saidit was something I already knew how to use, with a userbase I like was a reason I came here. New shit gets harder to like.

I completely understand. 15-20 years ago I signed up and tried everything. Now it's a big deal I'm even looking beyond SaidIt, though I'm intentionally avoiding new social media because I need to finish getting my ideas out and refining them.

If only we had a forum where we could post stuff like "Migrating To Lemmy For Dummies".

Some people still read newspapers.

My parents did. Not sure if my Mom bothers now that my Dad died of the "COVID". I'm guessing CBC TV propaganda is good enough for her now.

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my Dad died of the "COVID"

You keep mentioning that. Are you having a difficult time with that? I'm here if you want to talk about it. My wife lost her father young and that really fucks up a person losing a parent. My own parents are elderly.

[–]JasonCarswellDAT Mod[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

LOL, certainly no major difficulty. We weren't close and I'm generally fine with the inevitable finality of death and loss. (My worst loss was for an ex who left, essentially "killing" herself from my life. She alive but not here.) I don't think I mention it too much, but when I do it's usually to crap on the COVID myth or lies of the establishment. In this case, my very minor "difficulty" is adjusting to the new situation. When I refer to "my parents" it seems inaccurate as one is no longer alive, and it seems strange to call my Mom "my parent" - or to call my parents' home my parent's home and stuff like that. New pronouns are messing with me. I'm half-orphan now.