I left reddit when they killed the RIF app. I was very active on the r/sanfrancisco sub. My politics were sometimes unpopular because I am more of a leftist than that sub.

I don't think SF is right leaning, but affordability and cost of living don't seem to be their top issues. SF has a lot of wealthy residents. They can afford the high cost of living. They may like the exclusivity of what their wealth can afford them.

I have explained the fediverse to a few people, but don't often recruit people IRL to join. I don't know if the fediverse will ever grow to be huge, but I'm happy with what lemmy has to offer and try to contribute.

I did create c/luigimangione when Reddit was censoring discussing him, so that there would at least be a space to have those discussions. If censorship on trending issues continues to happen, I could see the fediverse becoming more active.