Hello! Just taking a tour around the fediverse and happened along here. I saw the midwest.social instance prior to taking the plunge (a week or so ago as I first started looking around for Reddit alternatives) and can say I simply didn’t understand the structure before creating an account on another instance. Regardless, east SD checking in.
I think the majority of us are kinda stumbling around in the dark still. MUCH different from having everything being centralized. That’s both a strength and a weakness of the fediverse. Not having a good mobile app for Lemmy is also a severe hindrance, at least for me, as 99.9% of my social interaction is done from my phone.
Welcome, though! Glad you found us!
I agree with you on the stumbling as well as the phone being the primary tool. I find that I venture in every couple of days as opposed to whenever I find 10 minutes to blow. Jerboa for Android isn’t a terrible experience (also not great). I don’t know the status of Sync for Lemmy, but that has been my go to for Reddit.