Why do you say "soapbox lite"?

It doesn't have all the same features, or maybe it can't because this is mastadon

For example it doesn't have any react emoji

Yeah that's a #Mastodon limitation

#SoapboxFE is designed to be adaptable to #Mastodon. For example, use it with a #Mastodon instance and you can see trending hashtags, trending posts, and recommend users to follow, which are all #Mastodon features, but if you use it with a #Soapbox instance, you won't be able to use or see those features