I have no interest in misrepresenting myself, I just try to give away as little as possible while still trying to contribute to the conversation.

To be honest, the only CSAM I’ve encountered is having it mentioned during the Purge back when it happened. Nothing else. As far as I know Lemmy is quite well moderated.

Originally (more than a decennia ago) because it had better customizability, later because it was less memory hungry.