I ran into it when it was just starting up. It was almost not active at that point, really an alpha idea of what could become a reddit like system but federated. You can imagine that it was just a few people test posting.
A lot of work has been done by a whole bunch of people to actually getting this far over those years. Which is, however you see it very commendable.
We are owned by three different ones, one of those a typical brain cell sharing red tabby cat. He loves to be touched. Those others, only when they are really in the mood.