Well, the Twitter-esque format also extends to Misskey and Pleroma, and there are tons of those accounts interacting seamlessly with Mastodon instances. So in a way those microblogging instances face the same issue you’re describing between Lemmy and Kbin. In any case, I’m a fan of ‘threadiverse’ as a term for the Reddit-like instances.
Yeah, digging into the fediverse is making things feel fresh again.
It’s giving everything a new spin since it’s all interconnected in a way only the open web could achieve. For example, I’ve upvoted and replied to this from Mastodon.
If it’s already this awesome, I can’t wait to see where it’s headed.