I also think a lot of people either were not around to experience or simply have forgotten over time how unstable Reddit was in the beginning. This is already a much more feature-rich and stable platform than Reddit was in the beginning; we will get there!
And now that I’m not doom-scrolling r/all I’ve actually been able to get back to my own personal projects :D
I think your z-offset might be too low. Looks the the nozzle might be too close to the bed for the first layer. It should “place” the first layer down, not “squish” it.