Lemmy is active enough as is and the apps are great but I still have that unfortunate ingrained habit where I keep coming back to abusive Reddit.
I should instead focus my attention to contributing to the conversation here, sharing articles and creating original content.
Sub.rehab can help you find equivalent communities to the subreddits you visit. If there isn’t a Fediverse version of your community yet, start your own. That’s what I did.
If you’re nostalgic for Old Reddit, use “Old” Lemmy.
That’s great for the larger communities, but a lot of us stay on reddit for the tiny subreddits specific to one piece of media. The only two active online spaces where I can discuss my various decades-old anime are Reddit and MAL’s forums, and lord knows I ain’t using MAL’s forums
I’d say ani.social is in need of a retro anime community. Go create one! I might join it, even. I hear people talk about the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) like it’s retro now and I feel really old.