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I hate people. Full on misanthropy usually.

But it's always been people that make the best things about social media.

Like, back on reddit, the communities I was most active in had an actual sense of community. There were people that I even talked to away from reddit, if they were willing to put up with my grumpiness about only using very specific platforms (like matrix) to keep as much anonymity and distance as possible.

Back during the brief era I used Facebook, there were people that took part in various groups that I still keep in contact with.

Now, on lemmy, I've met a great person that is quickly becoming the kind of friend that makes me really think hard about my policy of maximizing anonymity. Just a truly awesome person that I hold in high esteem. I've also got lemmy friends, where we'll never likely talk elsewhere (and might not get along if we did), but I look forward to running across here. That's where the fediverse shines, it's still very community driven and people first.

And that's the best thing about social media, when you ignore the bullshit, and remove corporate influence from it. Yeah, most people in the world are assholes, but once you get enough people in the same place, you're eventually going to run across the good ones. I've lost count of how often I've cried at the kindness and goodness of people, how much genuine, literal laughing out loud I've done, the people that didn't know how much I needed a kind word, and gave it just because that's how they roll.

The threaded part of the fediverse is better for that than reddit was, and than branches like Mastodon, but even on Mastodon, the mutual support people give is such a refreshing thing to see.

That's the shit right there. That's the tits, the bomb, and the real deal.

Even when I run across the assholes, and have to put on my own asshole hat to deal with it, I know, I know that there's also good people out here.