However, this video is almost a year old. But I think it is still essentially up to date.

• her peertube handle is @[email protected]

This is a really good introductory video that explains the Fediverse. Very clear, good examples and for a target group with no prior knowledge. So if you want to recommend other people to join the Fediverse, this might be a good start. There are insights into Mastodon and Pixelfed in particular… but Lemmy is also a topic in the video… (Thank you @[email protected] !)

I don’t know how big the dependency is and what the internal structures are like. I only remember that 2-3 years ago there was a message from him saying that he had some kind of burn-out and therefore needed a break of several months.

Since I neither use Pixelfed nor am the target group of Loops, I have not looked into the details, but there have already been some discussions and criticism of the ‘strange’ terms of use with regard to Loops, see here: https://bajsicki.com/blog/loops-video-terms/

I don’t use Friendica as a feed reader, but I have heard from many people who have had positive experiences with it and enjoy using it.

This contains also an experience report about it: The Future of Social is Here: a Show and Tell (part 3: Friendica)