I am wondering the same thing. I think people would be more likely to join if this Lemmy thing wasn't so "messy".
I've been using reddit a lot since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine started for support (I'm Ukrainian). I must say, I sure miss r/NCD and r/Ukraine, but am not planning on going back on reddit. I hope similar communities will eventually develop here.
I'm still a little confused on how the whole fediverse thing works. For example, what is analogous to a sub in a fediverse?
The only problem is that I was planning on using reddit to transition to one of Lemmy's instances or fediverse. For example, I'm having difficulty logging into kbin.social on mobile (but no problems on desktop). OR I can't seem to be able to log into beehaw. There were various people helping me with these issues on reddit. But I don't wanna log into reddit anymore after all the things the CEO has been saying.
I really appreciate these updates. I used to go on reddit for stuff like this.