Yes. It's the only federated news aggregator, which works well for a community that wants to share links related to their common interest, and discuss them. Be

Yes. It's the only federated news aggregator, which works well for a community that wants to share links related to their common interest, and discuss them. Being federated allows them to use their existing identity or create one for the fediverse, and general or like minded communities to see the discussions as well. The same reason people use subreddits for fanbases, but not being beholden to reddit.