I sometimes check out Lemmy while I’m mostly on reddit.
Been on Lemmy more recently as I’ve experienced a few “holy shit this site is bot infested” wake up calls on Reddit. One of those reposts with duplicate comment chains from a year prior. I even responded to one of them *shudders*
Lemmy is still pretty meager, but it might grow further. What seems clear to me is that Lemmy has a lot of users that actively don’t want to attract the full Reddit crowd, in other words they don’t want Lemmy to outgrow Reddit.
I think Lemmy is cursed by it’s users to remain an insignificant niche alternative, even if it grows a little further.
Lemmy is still pretty meager, but it might grow further
I think it’s inevitable. It may be just a slow steady trickle from here on but I wouldn’t be surprised to see another change bring over another mass exodus (does old.reddit.com still work?).
What seems clear to me is that Lemmy has a lot of users that actively don’t want to attract the full Reddit crowd,
I think this largely depends on what you mean by this. Reddit as an experience had gradually gone downhill for many years. Momentum and habit kept me there despite that. But when I could no longer use my app the habit was broken and the content wasn’t really worth it on its own.
And either way, even users who actively feel more strongly about “redditors” I don’t think they really have a say either way if they decide to come over.
It’s tough because I don’t actually want all the redditors here because of the low effort pun comment chains, constant bot comments, pervasive echo chambers and pop culture drivel. But on the other hand, I do miss the discussion in some of the more niche subreddits here.
I sometimes check out Lemmy while I’m mostly on reddit.
Been on Lemmy more recently as I’ve experienced a few “holy shit this site is bot infested” wake up calls on Reddit. One of those reposts with duplicate comment chains from a year prior. I even responded to one of them *shudders*
Lemmy is still pretty meager, but it might grow further. What seems clear to me is that Lemmy has a lot of users that actively don’t want to attract the full Reddit crowd, in other words they don’t want Lemmy to outgrow Reddit.
I think Lemmy is cursed by it’s users to remain an insignificant niche alternative, even if it grows a little further.
I think it’s inevitable. It may be just a slow steady trickle from here on but I wouldn’t be surprised to see another change bring over another mass exodus (does old.reddit.com still work?).
I think this largely depends on what you mean by this. Reddit as an experience had gradually gone downhill for many years. Momentum and habit kept me there despite that. But when I could no longer use my app the habit was broken and the content wasn’t really worth it on its own.
And either way, even users who actively feel more strongly about “redditors” I don’t think they really have a say either way if they decide to come over.
It’s tough because I don’t actually want all the redditors here because of the low effort pun comment chains, constant bot comments, pervasive echo chambers and pop culture drivel. But on the other hand, I do miss the discussion in some of the more niche subreddits here.
The dichotomy of man.
We can just build a culture of downvoting puns (and my axe!)