This would make so much more sense tbh, federating communities would also help bring the people who don't quite 'get' the fediverse yet into coming onboard instead of being lost.
I don't use Reddit as much as I used to since the API change. I also don't use Lemmy much either. It feels different since that moment to me. Both feel quite divisive and don't get me wrong, Reddit was divisive before the change but it feels like it's got a lot worse.