This is how the prequel to Rip Van Winkle begins.

No issues here.

Yes! This is what I'm referring to.

Agree 1000%

Just don't say anything bad about the Fediverse (or anything good about Meta/Threads). That's when the toxicity with appear. That's what I've noticed, at least.

I've pretty much completely left Reddit since Apollo shut down. I'm happy with Lemmy, so far, except I'm honestly getting tired of the somewhat elitist attitude and fear/anger towards anything that isn't in the fediverse. I noticed it when I left Twitter for Mastodon too, and it's kind of getting old.

I'm not saying some of what's being said isn't justified, it's just not what I feel like seeing every time I open the app/site.

I'm happy with Lemmy, except I'm honestly getting tired of the somewhat elitist attitude and fear/anger towards anything that isn't in the fediverse. I noticed it when I left Twitter for Mastodon too, and it's kind of getting old.

I'm not saying some of what's being said isn't justified, it's just not what I feel like seeing every time I open the app/site.

I don't think it's too busy at all. It looks great on my home screen.

I am in the beta, and I am using compact mode. Is the bookmark button only available on the larger mode?

I've been keeping all the various Lemmy apps in a folder on my home screen and switching between them to get a feel for them all. So far, I haven't found any that are perfect (nor would I expect to this early on), but Memmy is definitely up there.

Is there any way to see older posts in a situation like this? I created my own instance, and am only seeing the most recent handful of posts from communities I subscribed to.

I've noticed the same thing when I switched to my newly set up personal server.