I’m a happy camper at Lemmy now — https://lemmy.world. It’s already getting a diverse set of communities. I’ve joined around 10 now, ranging from Formula 1 to Photography to a niche one on Stable Diffusion. Here’s hoping it’ll handle growth pains. I find it pretty simple to use and get started with. Easier than Mastodon because here, the community is waiting for you unlike at Mastodon where you are expected to somehow find good people to follow. It’s also far more welcoming to a growing community than a stale feed at Mastodon because the tempo in a forum is lower and more forgiving.

I love how you can simply subscribe to communities in other instances!

There are some weird issues though. Sorting by Activity is like old skool forum activity where posts are pushed to the top even if they just receive new comments, which has some topics remain on top for days.

And sort by Hot which is more like Reddit is apparently bugged right now and freezes too often.

I recommend sort by “Todays top” until at least Lemmy 0.18.