I wanted to get a pulse check on how new members are finding the general experience/website. Is it more confusing than Reddit or are you finding the instance system a better way of doing things as it can give you more freedom of where you choose to create an account?
I’m a new user myself but have found the experience to remind me of Reddit back in the day, lol. It’s definitely giving me old-school yet modern vibes and it’s great to see something that isn’t Reddit growing in popularity!
The others have been answered, so here are 3 and 4 to my understanding:
Click the + at the top right and you can make a new thread to the current magazine (subreddit) or even make a new one.
Microblog for each magazine pulls in all mastadon and other fediverse content that has the tags that the magazine owner has associated with it.