Super compelling read, and it honestly made me kinda sad. Any of these would make a fantastic species of the month. More people need to know!

I appreciate you being as kind as you are in response to a half thought-out thought posted sporadically onto the internet. You’re giving me too much care, lol

I agree with pretty much everything people are saying, at least that which is kind. I think I probably just overcorrected when trying to account for the fact that Lemmy tends to bring in the techy type. My thought process was flawed. I don’t have much to say beyond that and an updoot, which I’ve been giving to most

Also, the edit to the post was intended as a mass reply. A lot of people are saying the same thing, so I didn’t want to reply to each individual one, nor did I want to come off as argumentative. Like I said, I agree with what most are saying

Working the TLD into the name of the site itself is a recent trend I’ve seen. I did it with my instance, and so did the hosting service I use, elest.io

Thanks! Feel free to join if you want it, too ;)

Your logo looks identical to Photon’s logo, and the UI seems very Photon-y. Inspiration or coincidence?

The differently sized brush strokes almost look like the focus of a camera. Super cool!

Thanks :) I appreciate you saying that

They’ve got a pretty amazing name, too

Added 🫡

Woah! How have I missed this?? I probably just only ever searched for “ocean” and “fish”… Silly me

I’ll be sure to link it in the sidebar of [email protected] along with any others I missed :)

Yup! I’ve actually posted in both before (I did so on the former quite recently). However, !aquariums is for, well, aquariums. Y’know pets and their homes. [email protected] is for all sea animals, not just the pets!

But you’re absolutely right – I completely forgot about !ocean when writing this post. I shouldn’t have said I’ve “never seen a marine community”. Though, it is fairly inactive like you said. And this is the Fediverse! A little decentralization never hurt anyone ;) I’m perfectly happy to run alongside and support “competing” communities

Fr. It will be missed…

And a new frog too??? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/09/260917003737.htm

r1b.it ;)

Ikr?? Something about how they reflect light makes them look like porcelain statues

Wow, 6 years? You’ve even got me beat. Wear that as a badge of honor! Like I said in another comment, bigger number better, lol

I agree. That’s part of why I made my own. I was originally a part of feddit.de and moved to feddit.org when they shut down. I was already hesitant because I could tell they were growing, but I didn’t expect them to as much as they did, lol

Honestly, any extremist slop

Twin