I used to see how many “videos” I could play in my brain simultaneously and still keep track of what was happening in each. Most I was able to be satisfied with was 3.

Hadn’t ever really thought about whether other people did that or not…

This is a really interesting idea. It would address one of the biggest hurdles I’ve had with full Lemmy adoption. I find a lot of the communities for many topics can be fractured with seemingly duplicative communities. It could also allow the larger user base to decrease the dependency on a particular instance.