It's so much easier to get started on a service like this vs Mastodon, where you kind of have to figure out what you want to look at completely on your own. I ended up only following my bros on Mastodon, which makes it a pretty useless service, since I talk to them regularly.
I couldn't agree more. I follow a decent amount of people on mastodon, none of which I really know, I just like their posts. But lemmy is always on top imo