Most communities on other instances (especially lemmy.ml, but most other instances seem affected) seem still desperately empty and dead when viewed from here, despite vibrant activity as seen directly from there.
Are there still big issues getting new and/or post lost during the version desynchronisation?
I bet it’s just the dramatic uptick in traffic. It takes quite a bit more money and effort to make a highly available and performant service, which most of these are side projects or paid for by a normal person’s income which can’t compete with a Corp.