I know what you mean. I think as Twitter started to implode, Mastodon and other platforms were a little more prepared to pick up the slack. I don’t think Lemmy was as mature when Reddit started having issues so adoption wasn’t as strong as it could’ve been. I still have hope that Lemmy continues to grow.
I was really active in NMSCE and NMSGE on Reddit but honestly I haven’t been playing NMS as much lately. I’ll start up again with the new Expedition.