I'm not sure catering to the opinions of random redditors is a useful approach, but that aside.
The Lemmy network and the Threadiverse at large being associated as just a Tankie hangout
Which would be solved by creating an instance (or building up an existing instance) that isn't the triad.
In this case Rimu (PieFed dev) and others were quick to jump in and steer, so hopefully this whole boycotting/cross-posting campaign at the very least gives them more fuel when these comments come up on the outside something like “Tankies are there, but they don’t have any important comms so you can just block those 3 instances or join [x] instance which blocks them for you”
Which would also be solved with the same solution.
From your list:
- Promoting smaller instances, because of the volume of my posting it helps makes smaller instances more recognizable
- Making comms on fitting smaller instances (e.g. a programming comm id make on programming.dev)
- Mitigating against the imposter problem
- Better interconnecting smaller instances
1 sounds like artificially inflating the numbers
2 isn't that useful IMO because without the actual content / ongoing engagement you just end up with multiple ghost communities.
3 i think the imposter problem is a user education error and/or could be better solved in a different manner.
4 this is what cross-posting is for right (though I'll admit that experience is lacklustre right now)? You don't need a whole account to cross-post between communities.
Artificially inflating the numbers might look like it helps in the short term, but is bringing someone here under false pretences a workable solution, or even a solution you want ?