“Sometimes there’s a man… I won’t say a “hero,” because what’s a hero? But sometimes there’s a man who… well, he’s the man for his time and place!” – Sam Elliot (the Stranger) from the glorious The Big Lebowski
You know that classic quote about standing on the shoulders of giants (and pioneers)? Honestly, in so many ways, that’s how I truly feel about the good ol’ Fediverse.
So, to sum up-- who are YOUR heroes here, and what does keep you hanging on here, baby…?
EDIT: For people wondering about what kinds of ‘bumps & difficulties’ I’ve personally experienced, here’s a tiny sampler:
easier ability block right wing astroturfing, or shilling from politics.
And how do you do that on lemmy? I use the voyager client because it offers good filter options. But is mostly designed for mobile devices and not desktops. So if you know of a good way to filter out right wing crud then please tell me.
theres a block option in the settings you can block the instances or communities, from single users, i just block that account.
The shilling and foreign interference on reddit really scares me.