That’s one of the reasons that I was able to join a Mastodon instance that didn’t revolve around people leaving Twitter. Sure, I became more active on it when I wanted to reduce my Twitter usage, but there was already a good community of people that I knew and I could interact with about everyday things, rather than just complaining about Twitter. Hopefully this instance becomes a bit like that, where it’s a separate community that’s kind of like Reddit but also its own thing.

I’m just starting to figure it out, but I think it’ll work out to be its own thing, even if it won’t replace Reddit. Just as I enjoy both Mastodon and Twitter (though Twitter is becoming less and less enjoyable) I see something similar happening with Lemmy.

I’m also not opposed to a bit of fracturing. I grew up in the era of online message boards, and I still enjoy those and honestly think there’s some that are better than anything on Reddit. Having small areas where people can talk about one of their niche interests is cool.