Seconding Boost for Lemmy, was my favorite before reddits api-lypse.

Self Moderated is just fine. Why do I need to doxx myself to be online? I'm not giving away my birth certificate or SSN just to post on social media that idea is crazy lmao.

There used to be a way to make Google accounts with no number but that's probably been patched. I generally refuse to add numbers if I can help it.

Proton, Mailbox & fastmail are all good options. Best way to avoid it is self-hosting but that is beyond most people (as in time-consuming).

If they made it so your average joe could contribute to the Fediverse with their own hardware I'd contribute. Tired of seeing social media be owned by Billionares.

Windows will be worse soon thanks to passkey bullshit they are trying to force. I really think that Blizzard buyout may have entirely sunk current projects.

I prefer this over SBMM but at what point does it just become dead gaming theory?

Man I don't want a future where we doxx ourselves to just be on a PC. Its insane that parents think real ID for gaming is a good idea. Linux might be the only way to escape any of this in the near future.