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.
Super easy. I just made one for fun, (@worldwithoutus)
and there’s no one in it, so there are no moderation chores at all!
I figure if enough people ever join it that it becomes hard, some of them would want to moderate with me anyway.
I never made anything at reddit, but it’s way less intimidating here in the fediverse.