Frankly, it’s just way too big, which can make performance bad, makes it a target for attacks and due to the huge user base it’s harder to upgrade. That’s why .world is still on 0.18.5 while most of lemmy is at 0.19.3.
Also, from what I’ve seen the admins can get a bit powertrippy.
Let’s not forget the people who were just straight up banned when they expressed their disapproval of banning the pirate communities.
You’re definitely right, a lot of the time this place feels like Reddit lite