Hmm yea I don’t like it much either, however, I remember /r/technology got progressively worse and the alternative was just a shittier subreddit with a slightly different name.
Unison would be nice, but it’s not so different from reddit come to think of it
Hmm true that is a concern
I’m just speculating here, but I remember way back when reddit was just a bunch of shitty html css and blue links. People would joke it would weed some times of people out
Maybe the complicated nature of federated web apps will drive away a similar crowd