But there is a separator between the numbers: the same one that also very reliably separates the words in this comment

I envy you for not having played Disco Elysium yet. Hope you find the time soon :)

I generally like awards, but on Reddit I’ve completely ignored them on posts. It was just too many of them.

I liked the awards for comments though, as they helped pick out comments from the bottomless pit. Not really a problem on Lemmy yet…

I cannot decide on an adequate message to overwrite my comments with…

This is exactly why I think many comments on Reddit miss the point when they state that “Lemmy will fail because it’s way too complicated for mass adoption”. Maybe not every Reddit participant has to join Lemmy. Maybe it’s good that there is a (small!) hurdle to overcome, that does not exclude or discriminate against anyone, but simply requires a tiny bit of effort.

I think it’s quite good, but the hierarchy of information needs improvement.

E.g. while reading a post and its comments, for me the most important information on the whole site are the post title, content and maybe author/upvotes. For the comments it would be the comment itself, the author and the upvotes (very helpful to see if it’s worthwhile to read a long comment). Yet currently my eye is constantly drawn to bright HUGE green and red buttons (subscribe, create a post, sorting, random network stats, …). The upvote count of comments is not only in a smaller font, but also in a lighter gray. It’s also far away from the actual upvote buttons, so it’s really hard to discover their meaning.

I don’t think it would need huge changes, much less a ‘redesign’ to improve on those points :)

I personally see the small userbase of lemmy as an advantage as well. Reddit is too popular now, it’s full of karma-farming bots and commercialized, mass-appealing content. Those things are worthwhile on sites with millions of users, but not here. We just need enough active users to get things going. The app devs of Reddit clients might be of great help.