No. I recommended Lemmy to my friends, and they were all driven away by bad moderation, tankies, or transphobia within a day. They think I'm mad for using this site and surrounding myself with the people here.
I recommend it two the two friends I know that use reddit. The one didn't even join because there's no active sport communities. And the other left after about 3 months a little less.
Yea I recommended it to a friend and the reason they didn't stay was the lack of niche communities. And I get that. You have to have very specific requirements to thrive here