Don’t think it matters for a redlib instance. Just checked and it’s definitely still working.

I just have my settings to always go to reader mode. It bypasses most soft “paywalls”. It’s weird whenever I actually see any website design which is 80% shit.

human signaling

That’s not the point. I nuked my would be 20+ year old account. I don’t care about interacting (with bots and lots of kids).

It was already shit before the API exodus in June 2023 thus killing alienblue and other loved clients…

Was an OG user from inception. Haven’t been back since. Any time I want or need to view certain things (seldom) RedLib instances work well. You can always set up an rss feed from one and get chronological content if you wanted.

https://redlib.catsarch.com/ is one of many that has been stable for awhile.

The .ml user base is a valid blanket statement for what the asshole of the fediverse looks like.

There are definitely some absolutely wild political takes on Lemmy, even outside of .ml, which leave me feeling some people are completely off their rockers.

Not just political in my experience.

It’s just tiring…part of the reason I think comment sections are usually a ghost town aside from lack of used base.

In active threads there are always a handful of (upvoted) irrational takes seemingly formulated with pure emotion and mostly rage. Any counterpoint is descended upon by equally irrational and hostile responses.

You start to realize that you’re likely arguing with teenagers or people otherwise lacking life experiences…