Hello all! My story is neither new nor unique these days. Really disliked how Reddit handled the API situation, and greatly reduced my browsing of Reddit since the protests began. Like many people, I loved using the Apollo app to access subreddits and once that shutdown I started to explore what kinds of Reddit alternatives existed. That led me to the Fediverse and eventually wefwef which looked so much like Apollo I knew I had to give Lemmy a try. Still super new to all of the Fediverse/Lemmy/ lingo and was super confused what instance to join (a large one? a small one? a Goldilocks just right one?). I randomly happened upon lemmy.ninja and I got to say, big shout out to the mods. I really appreciated the FAQs for new users and the updates/transparency in the news community. Plus, I figured what better way to navigate this new “world” than with ninjas! Thanks for accepting my sign up and I look forward to exploring all the various communities!