I can just imagine some controversial post and the replies saying “of course it’s a lemmy.world user”

this is a great point. while i think more users joining the fediverse (even indirectly) is a good move for its success, that success does wholly rely on meta at that point and that could cause trouble. you’re also spot on about their client, i already prefer it to the mastodon one and it’s only been out a few hours.

Dope lil machine, I bid on one on eBay a couple months back and forgot about it so I lost

it seems my prophecy has become self-fulfilled

I was planning on trying out elest.io, which is the only one I’ve seen