Haha, yes there is a problem with a bunch of geeks excitedly telling new users about geeky stuff like that interoperability stuff that will genuinely not do anything for most of them today.
“Lemmy/kbin is a replacement for Reddit and it doesn’t matter which you choose right now!” is all newbies need to be told.
Sure the other features mean that some incredible functionality will be built in the future that we didn’t even know we wanted, but most people are only concerned about getting off Reddit right now.