I think you’re right. Imagining the instances as a bunch of a little reddits with their own subreddits that I can subscribe to and interact with is easier for me to wrap my head around.

It honestly feels more like leaving a bad relationship. I didn’t realize how bad things had gotten until I left.

I agree that e-mail analogy doesn’t make a lot of sense. Honestly just using it was the best way to learn. I’m already finding communities on other instances and commenting and engaging with them.

I’m also using the mobile site and it’s been pretty good so far. More than enough to browse around and interact.

Congrats you just said something!

I really hope not. Switching to a new platform has made me realize how much I wasn’t being social on a social media site. Because of all the toxicity I was only going to a few subreddits. I’ve already created my first community here in Lemmy and I’m commenting and engaging again.