Lemmy is still in active development and there are some missing features, but it is very usable. Your friends’ complaints, some are a bit exaggerated and some are really not that big of issues that will get resolved eventually.

This blackout has been very disruptive. Most users, participating or not, were impacted, and became aware of what’s happening.

The only issue I see is that many users might think we’re throwing a pointless fit and don’t understand the value of third party apps and the APIs.

Hopefully people don’t get bored and the momentum doesn’t die

Time to shame the new admin for crossing the picket line. Disgusting behavior.