I was finally looking to take the plunge away from corporate social medias. I was already using BlueSky as my Twitter/X replacement, and one thing stuck with me that they were doing: Federation. That seemed cool, and look! There is a Reddit replacement that does this "federation" thing. Lemm.ee seemed to line up with my general principles (Im a leftist so i don't want any lefty communities or instances defeded) and i like talking with the community at large, so here i am :D
I've also recommended it to all my friends who enjoy BlueSky and are sick of reddit kowtowing to billionaires interests. Sorry/you're welcome for some of the user rush the last couple of days haha
Youtubes a tough one. You kind of need lots of capital to keep the servers running if it becomes too popular