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[โ€“] fubo@lemmy.world 101 points 2 years ago (13 children)

When a tree dies, it dies slowly. The heart of it rots, and then the roots stop growing, and only much later do the branches stop growing new green leaves. By the time the whole trunk falls over, there've been raccoons burrowing into the rotten heartwood for years.

[โ€“] Gorillan@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago (12 children)

With this analogy Lemmy could be the sapling that one day will grow into a large tree!

[โ€“] Darohan@lemmy.sdf.org 28 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We are a whole forest - the beauty of federation tbh.

[โ€“] Mohkia@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the fediverse is the mycelium network that connects us all.

[โ€“] minimar@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the users are the... rain?

[โ€“] shandrakor@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The mulch. We feed the trees and fungi.

[โ€“] nickajeglin@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago

Waow ๐Ÿ˜ฎ <3

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