This is shameless self-promotion, but part of a working theory I have that Mastodon users have more to offer Lemmy than your average Reddit user. See my other post about it here: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/2174573
TLDR: Mastodon users are inherently active posters and already understand federation. Also there are MILLIONS of them.
Please consider following if you’d like to get more Lemmy in your Mastodon feed or more Mastodon users in your Lemmy feed!
For an avatar/profile picture … hard disagree here. It’s colors and contours etc, when viewed as the small thumbnail that profile pics are used for, it’s distinctive and clear and pleasant.
Enlarging it … I also kinda like it … slightly weird and quirky, reminiscent of a 70s prog rock album cover. Not sure I get the hate TBH, especially given what it’s for.