It appears API rate limiting has effectively killed these alternatives. You essentially get nothing but “Too many requests” 429 errors.
Lemmy sadly does not have the active niche news and discussions I want. But now nothing can be read without going to Reddit. I hate Spez
if you really want reddit use old reddit or still working libreddit instances
I was trying to avoid giving reddit traffic.
welp guess that means you don’t want to use Reddit