I can’t tell if this is a serious question or not, but it’s pretty complicated to fully explain. The short of the long of it is that now that MySpace has started to use retina verification for their 2FA, people are upset that it’s an invasion of privacy due to the reflective nature of human ball eyes. Since Lemmy only requires a password for mod accounts, it’s an easier platform for people to use to share embedded auto play music and glittery gifs. I don’t think it’ll last though, word on the street is that Digg is going to be removing all authentication methods soon, so I expect a majority of the userbase will move there

Word got out about the amazing and intuitive UI, and the ease with which you can find and subscribe to your interests. Personally, I’m never going back to AOL.

Free sandwiches when you join

Reddit is too nice to look at.

Cordyceps outbreak

A new algorithm was entered into our mainframe to help persuade us all to join a new website. In the control universe, life is going on as normal.

When Lemmy Kravitz said “it’s Lemmy Time” and Lemmied all over those guys.

It was me

Aliens

Actually I discovered that it’s the illuminati activating a temporal imbalance, causing the same 72 hours to repeat itself until

It’s because of the beautiful Pig Latin translation - Emmylay. That’s brought in a few thousand on its own.

Communism. Americans decided they would fight KKK and Nazism with the same vigor and discovered that communism was way better.

Free tacos

haven’t you heard? there’s a virus called COVID that’s causing lockdowns.

The Mandela Effect