Another comment in this thread you might already have seen by now:
https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/comment/17100252
And there were other instances mentioned in other threads as well.
Some problems are not tied to a platform, but to their users. Power hungry people try to grab power where they can. If they can't be mod on reddit, they move to Lemmy. Here they can try to grow "their" space. If a topic already exists on one instance, they can move to another and shape the narrative and enforce rules how they like.
Man I hope that is just a me-issue, but I work with excel a lot for work and try to use libre office at home. And the excel alternative is not great. I can see the similarities to excel, but when I want to use it, I have a lot of trouble finding things and using them as I am used to.
You WILL be able to do basic things and I am sure it will almost always be possible to get to similar results, but the way there does not feel the same.