Two fans on a plank with a steering stick are pretty much the most cost-efficient boat you can build. You can try to get creative using a big wheel to make a paddle similar to a steam boat, but in my experience those don’t work very well. Maybe a stabilizer could help.
Reddit may still be there but how many great communities have been irreparably damaged by this move? In a couple of months it might be nothing but bottom-feeding content, repost spam and mindless videos. i.e., nothing of what made reddit actually great to use.
For me, I’ve been trying to get used to Lemmy, and the fact that it is slightly more troubleskme to use makes me want to engage with it even more.