I now check monero.town more often than reddit

Me too. I have left Reddit for good and don't look back. I like Lemmy and it's growing fast. It is also in line with the philosophy of Monero (which Reddit directly contradicts).

Reddit has really gone downhill over time, and seems nearly fully controlled and compromised at this point. I'm very happy that decentralized alternatives are emerging and finally gaining users and momentum. I couldn't be more pleased to see some of the impact and control transferring back in the hands of smaller communities and individual users.

I'm all in here as well, especially since I've blocked Reddit at the DNS level on my devices.