2 and 7 for me. I feel like 2 covers 1 to some degree, and who hasn’t wanted to be telekinetic at some point in their life?

You’re right. I jumped to the conclusion. Thanks for correcting me.

I’m not sure all of these are open source…

You’ve described the exact situation I find myself in: long-time Sync user, using Connect (and honestly enjoying and appreciating it) but anxiously awaiting Sync for Lemmy.

I don’t think the size of Reddit was, itself, responsible for the deterioration, but it did attract bad actors and those not acting in good faith – the bots, reposters, karma whores, etc. It’s an unfortunate side effect that’s hard to guard against when these actors see a huge platform and an opportunity to take advantage and manipulate it.