for me, i always preferred reddit design and focus on discourse with pseudonames, pictures and found myself able to discuss without unconsciously judging, and the design focus on text and timeline with tree like comments. Others focus on who you are over what you say. But of course, i hate Reddit's mods and way of mods, so I tried to balance it off a bit more with checks and balances. I didn't like the federation model as it creates more noise and unnecessary friction. I think smaller communities is better than jack of all trades trying to appeal to everyone and ending up appealing to only influencer's account and Western countries where ads are mostly sold for their high ability to pay-get in debt - I am referring to Meta