I probably would have been here sooner had I known about it prior, but I came here because Reddit did a fucky-wucky and now the good apps don’t work. Though I had been getting sick of how many people were just awful there anyway and the only other place I had known about was Tumblr, which isn’t very condusive to conversation. When the announcement of the API shit happened, Lemmy kept getting mentioned (along with other sites) and it was the closest thing to Reddit that wasn’t Reddit.
It not being owned by a single entity is just a happy little bonus.
I grabbed a corn dog the other day from AM/PM and the cashier asked if I wanted mustard or ketchup and then when I said no thank you, gave me a look like I had grown a second head.
I like the corn dog. It’s not just a sauce conveyance vessel. And I only sometimes eat the stick too.