While we try out reddit alternatives, why not try the open source reddit clone, lemmy. I honestly don’t know a whole lot about the whole fediverse, only heard about mastadon vs twitter recently but I never used twitter and don’t see a reason to start with mastadon. But the churning community is small enough and separate enough from main reddit, why not give it a try.
Thank you for giving it a shot! Finally taking the time to find and subscribe to all my usual communities/subs.