At what point do we declare that it already fell off the tightrope?
Probably when they do something drastic like ban NSFW content or require age verification. Even then something will need to replace Reddit like Reddit replaced Digg. I am not sure if it will be Lemmy necessarily even though it’s probably the smoothest transition.
It’s not a smooth transition. Lemmy has huge downsides that are played down each time someone says something. It doesn’t have a large developer base. The UI is confusing and moderators of certain communities are powertripping. Certain instances need to be instantly blocked for best user experience. Most people won’t care enough to ‘give it a chance’, they are on reddit to kill 15 minutes of boredom, not to setup their experience in a confusing way.
Of those
Small dev base
Fair but not a huge issue (until it is ofc)
Confusing UI
new reddit lol. Also most folks are on apps.
Powertripping mods
redditors are used to that.
Shitty communities
redditors are used to that.
The big lemmy issue is that it isnt active enough to bring people who would make it active enough to bring more people and start the upward momentum of activity.
See how I mentioned that issues are being played down every time people mention them? Yeah.
maybe they are being played down because they really are small issues
They are absolutely not small issues. They are issues that drive users away all the time. Why do you think so many people left when all the api stuff happened? Huge peak of users, then it all went away in four months. Because Lemmy has issues, toxic communities that are extremely visible.
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Because Spez is a greedy little pig boy.
Ask a stupid question…
The Reddit IPO is about one thing only, executive pay day. They are trying to get the price as high as possible and get stock into the hands of as many people who actually would like to see Reddit succeed as possible (regular employees, mods, users, etc.). You can’t short a stock of no one is holding on to it and you can’t sell if no one is buying. No knowledgeable person would expect the stock not to plummet after it is tradable. So they’re trying to pad out the numbers with as many of the few remaining loyal Redditors as possible.
Why is Lemmy so obsessed with Reddit? Move on…
Maybe unsubscribe from /c/Reddit then?
I just can’t figure out why this community about reddit keeps talking about reddit tho.
Where do you think you are right now?
I’m very much interested in watching that fire burn after they killed my favorite app and threw a wrench in my daily routine.
You make a good point. I feel like Lemmy is still really to imitate Reddit. The amount of unique content and communities is limited.
Which specific community on Lemmy did you comment in?
