Yep, I’ve heard of Mastadon before. Honestly, I prefer the Nostr model more. I’m kinda worried about the moderation of instances messing things up for Lemmy, but so far enjoying myself.

However, don’t the odds of splitting your winnings increase if you pick something more likely to be chosen by others?

I’m not sure I understand what you mean by open in home vs open in original? Does a single post have separate comment threads depending on the instance? Or are they meshed?

I literally only understood this after getting an account on one instance, and realizing I still saw posts and could interact with them from other instances. And I’m a web developer with pretty deep technical knowledge.

A simple “choose your home, see and interact with content from everywhere” would go a long way.