Hi, I’m brand new to the community here and to the Fediverse in general, but I just have to say that finding this instance feels like opening a blocked window to allow light and fresh air to burst into a room I have been trapped in for years where the light was ever so slowly blocked out, and the air ever so slowly became fetid and stale.

Digg’s decline was a rapid, immediate, extinction-level event. The hard R on the other hand has been slowly and gradually squeezing the life out of the community. It has been an insidious process, so slow as go almost unnoticed. Until I found a little corner of the internet filled with curious and mature minds capable of understanding that other people can and should have different opinions, desires, and interests, I had honestly lost track of how stale and restricted the hard R had become.

I truly look forward to seeing this community thrive. Thank you @Burger and @keenhome for actually respecting the members of your community to function as mature adults.