I would agree with the second half. I see a lot of insane takes on economics that are driven by hopes and dreams rather than reality.
The real advantage is I suspect if I reach out to an instance owner about problematic material on their instance they will address it whereas Reddit has gone out of theor way to make it harder to let reddit know about problematic material eg non-consensual sexual materials.
I come here because I am fairly positive most are actual humans. A lot of the real idiots on reddit are bots looking to increase engagement.
People really do seem much more down to earth and talkative here.
I would agree with the second half. I see a lot of insane takes on economics that are driven by hopes and dreams rather than reality.
The real advantage is I suspect if I reach out to an instance owner about problematic material on their instance they will address it whereas Reddit has gone out of theor way to make it harder to let reddit know about problematic material eg non-consensual sexual materials.