Im joining in on the reddit ditching thing, and was kinda worried at first that i wouldnt be able to like use it the way i did reddit as it feels like a whole new place, but after engaging with posts and people and actually being a part of lemmy rather than being lurk mode all the time i was pleasantly surprised with how easy it is to become a member of the community, theres a reasonable amount of subs (or whatever the other word for em is) that fit my interests, enough linux content and shitposting for my liking, and the overall random posts made by people equally fed up with Leddit. (also i admit i used reddit a little cus there was this post on the fedora sub showing how to fix a sound issue i been having after a recent update)
I have found it to be relatively painless to add and find communities after finding https://browse.feddit.de/ but that’s not exactly an obvious route to a more complete all tab.
And while I say relatively painless, I’m sure it would be beyond what many people are willing to do. Even being patient and following the correct order of copying and pasting in the right instances can be cumbersome. I assume it can take a moment to load what is a new federated instance for my instance, but that wait time often feels like there’s just nothing there or the link is otherwise broken.
I will say though, even with all these hurdles lemmy has been a great experience! The overall feel of the communities is something I didn’t even know I missed. The ui has some obvious learning curve issues, but when it’s working I actually like it more than reddit.
My complaints and pain points have all proven to be relatively minor inconveniences for me. However, I worry about how they could cause others to turn around and leave.
I’ve unfortunately seen the mindset of “that’s a feature” floating around, which isn’t a welcoming atmosphere. In hyperbolic terms, it reminds me of people wanting help with linux and just getting scoffed at for using anything with a gui.