Open submissions is definitely doable. That could be used for the seeding as well. I just picked them all to get a good variety of everything out there, so we can use a combo of both next time.
I’m glad you’re having fun here. I feel this place’s purpose is important. I’m a little meh about Lemmy lately, not sure if it’s my feed, but I check in at ALL a lot and most stuff feels like it’s drifted back to all the negative and anger inspiring stuff of politics and tech companies being evil. Most of the time lately I come post and then bail after seeing what is in Top. I used to hang more in Beehaw for that reason, but there’s hardly any local posts there anymore, so I rarely log in over there either. I just want to be upset if something positive, so as long as you guys are having fun and being cool with each other, I’ll keep posting for you!