@29decibel @christianselig There is actually, the activitypub protocol underlying Mastodon/Pixelfed is being extended to include groups, which is what Lemmy uses to power it's communities (subreddits). Lemmy communities are followable from Mastodon just like an account, and Bonfire, another activitypub-based project is also implementing groups aiming to be compatible with Lemmy, Mastodon, and other activitypub projects that support groups such as Guppe & Mobilizon.
@29decibel @christianselig I think Lemmy is the only project that currently ships a reddit-like UI for activitypub groups though, and imo they are in dire need of better UX in their app, or an alternate app that has more polish...