Lemmy does not NEED to grow, since there are no profit incentives.

And the point you are missing: the social media networks that do have profit incentives are destroying our society and keeping yourself isolated in a cocoon is not going to save you - nor any of your loved ones.

So, I really disagree with you here: given that it is unlikely that we will be able to get rid of all social media, the next best thing is to have an alternative that is not so harmful. I believe that the Fediverse needs to grow because it’s the only alternative that has a chance of replacing corporate-controlled social media and that perhaps can get us free from Surveillance Capitalism.

We got especially the people who think for themselves

There has to be a name for this type of fallacy… Do you really think that the people that joined now are somehow better than the average redditor?

If I am being completely objective, every time I’m opening Lemmy it feels like a extreme version of Reddit’s political echo chamber and none of the people who participate in anything remotely productive/entertaining/positive that you can find in the long tail of Reddit’s niche communities. With very few exceptions, it feels like just one long stream of negativity and “Two Minutes Hate” displays. It’s depressing and mentally draining. With the mirrors from my usual subreddits, I could at least make the experience here bearable. But now that the mirrors are disabled, it just makes more apparent how sterile this place currently looks.

And all of this drama just because people can not be bothered to curate their own feeds and learn to browse by subscribe. It’s ridiculous…