Before the whole Reddit migration I was passively aware of the Fediverse, I thought I somewhat grasped the concept, and had created a Mastodon account, but never really used it.
But once the migration started, I decided to try out Kbin, and really liked it, and even started to use Mastodon more often.
My experience matches op pretty much to a t. What I love about all of it is how light and free it feels. I don’t feel hemmed in or funneled like I do on other apps.