Reddit refugee (8 years; finally banned for Wrongspeak), & I have some first impressions:

• No avatars? No customization of your profile? That's disappointing. I like to see people's profile pictures.
• Upvote/Downvote absence will take some getting used to, but I agree with your position that it "poisons" the discourse of a community. This gets an upvote lightbulb(?) from me.
• This place desperately needs more "fun" topics. More fandom. More hobbies.
• Post formatting is easy & intuitive. Very Discord-esque.
• The ability to save posts, comments, etc. is so important to me on a social media site. This is the only platform I've tried that even comes close to what Reddit offered in utility.
• Someone else mentioned it, but the Capchas here are a new level of eyestrain for us disabled humans. It's legible to someone nearsighted like me, but just barely. It's like trying to read a QR code on a background of T.V. static.

Overall I think I'll stick around, try to recover & rebuild what I had on Reddit. Thank you for making this platform & making it welcoming to all.