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You're not wrong about Lemmy also being social media, but I view it as my methodone for Reddit. Long term I think I will get rid of Lemmy too.
I already ask useful things on lemmy, find guides and read interessant articles, maybe Lemmy is not as bad as other socials
In all likelihood that experience will be temporary, in one of two ways. Either Lemmy becomes mainstream enough to enshittify beyond your tolerance, or Lemmy atrophies into obscurity and ceases being a platform with any benefit.
Which will happen, and on what timescale it will happen? Who knows. But I wager one of those outcomes is inevitable before too long. The "chill, somewhat unknown but appreciably active platform" position is long-term an unstable one.
Until then, we're all just in time to bask in the warm glow of this little experiment for at least a little while.
I think giving it up is sort of a cop out. It's like saying because all new movies suck, that you should stop watching films.
The good thing about Mastodon I feel is that people are more sincere than what you'll find here, or even on Threads.
I also think Beehaw has a good idea by being strict. If you dislike the brainrot, remove the brainrot. Don't throw the baby out with the bath water.