Reddit CEO praises Elon Musk’s cost-cutting as protests rock platform
I'm not sure what you mean here. the_donald was shut down in June 2020 according to wikipedia. And the insurrection happened 6 months later, Jan 2021.
If you're still worried about the suitability of Lemmy/Kbin as a reddit alternative go check out calckey
That does look pretty polished... It's kind of overwhelming having so many options that pretty much do the same thing.