So far so good. In a smaller community I feel more responsible for contributing to discussions. Others seem to be engaging too with thoughtful comments (not just karma-farming inside jokes).

This is helped by the fact that new interesting threads are not immediately buried in heaps of new content, so you actually have time to think of an answer that someone might actually read and reply to. I realize that this is mostly a function of the current scale of the Fediverse and that the more it grows, the more it might just turn into Reddit.

There's Uber Black but only luxury cars with specifically licensed drivers, so it costs more. https://www.uber.com/it/en/ride/uberblack/

Alternatively I'd look for a room or B&B near the airport (I see several on Google maps) and travel there on the 14th

The week of Aug 15 is terrible in Italian cities... Everyone is on holiday

parlando per me personalmente (e non per la tua community in particolare): non è colpa tua, è solo che secondo me l'utente medio da Reddit è mediamente poco interattivo, come me. Molti dei nuovi iscritti sono saltati come me da Reddit quasi tutti insieme. Adesso abbiamo finito la "luna di miele" in cui provavamo la nuova community e avevamo un engagement più alto del solito e c'è stata la regressione alla media (scarsina) di interazioni.