Its creator is probably the most knowledgeable person in regards to terminals currently, some people hate some of his opinions but nobody can disregard them.

I pay around 20$ for 1000/500 uncapped, driven by the fact that there is healthy competition.

In reddit’s early days, it was exactly like this. I remember that it felt like a Linux user forum, but with some conspiracy theorists. I actually feel that lemmy is a little more diverse than that.