I know a lot of lurkers like me out there are browsing, but there’s quite a bit of engagement capitol on the federated instances. If you find an interesting topic and the right community, you get a lot of feedback. There’s not much hate being thrown out there either.
That is really nice, im glad i saw your commect tho – the aussie instance seems like a great place & i subbed to a few communities there :) slowly but surely the niche subs will het active lol