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I don't think the subs failed to get off the ground because of federation, I think they did because they didn't have a dedicated person tirelessly filling them with posts and single-handedly carrying them. Because that's still where we are population wise. 50k+ MAUs is very nice, but not nearly enough for niche subs to be self-sustaining. Look at any small but active Lemmy sub right now and it's often a single person doing 90% of the posting. The only real way to get a new sub going is to be that person.
At least now we have stuff like Lemmy Federate and places like [email protected] and [email protected] that are both fairly active, so getting a new sub off the ground should be much easier than two years ago.