My students typically use ig or tiktok, but when I’m asked what I use, I hesitate mostly because it’s super hard to explain the fediverse without completely derailing the lesson.
Plus it’s not like there are studies talking about the dangers of Lemmy or Piefed. “Oh no, I’m compelled to install Linux!”
just say youre on open source reddit and call it a day. if they ask what that means, just hit em with

I have deleted Reddit 2 days ago
Lemmy is the only social media I use and it has been great. It feels like this is the more appropriate meme:

Imagine not knowing what has happened in the past five years (since January 2025). That would be nice
O shit. What year is it?