I set up my own Lemmy server for now. (https://civilloquy.com/ https://civilloquy.com/) I'm not sure I see a ton of the benefits to federation, but it kind of

I set up my own Lemmy server for now. (https://civilloquy.com/ https://civilloquy.com/) I'm not sure I see a ton of the benefits to federation, but it kind of lets a lot of services which would otherwise compete get a more substantial user base off the get-go. There still are no services with a user base to provide a comparable experience to reddit, but it has to start somewhere.