To those who are new to this whole fediverse/threadiverse/this thing, how has your experience been?

And to those that have been here for a while, how has your experience changed over the year(s)?

What has worked for you?
What do you see needs improvement in your chosen platform?

Honestly not great. I was permanently banned from Reddit and the admins wouldn’t tell me what I did. I came to Lemmy thinking it was a better alternative to Reddit, only to find out how toxic Lemmy is. It’s even worse than Reddit in terms of toxicity.
My main issue is that only the political subs are active
I’ve had the same experience. Everywhere else is a bit of a ghost town.
If you like coffee and tea I found those groups are quite active if you make a thread.