Yeah, lemmy has become really good lately. It's generally better than Reddit these days. I tried it a year ago and it was still quiet here, now I see posts with 2000+ upvotes
There's just something about seeing users make posts on another instance from their own and the comments filled with users from different instances that makes me so happy. It makes Lemmy feel more like an actual front page of the Internet that can be used from anyone anywhere.
I've always liked Kbin's design and funcionality more than Lemmy, but the latter is more popular and sometimes posts/comments won't load properly on Kbin, so I've stuck with Lemmy for now.
More functional how? I'm always interested in how people perceive things and what they look for, after all, it's the people that make places good and so it's important to understand them.