Biscuit

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Biscuit,

I don't know, I was there in the beginning. I think it died because it had no real content, compared to reddit. And, all anyone talked about was reddit, or reposted stuff from reddit, just like we're seeing here. I think this might stick a bit better because reddit is way bigger than it was back then, so even if the same super small % of users came over, it would still be quite a bit more content.

For comparison of how negligible all the Lemmy fediverse is, there are ~40k active users this month. Reddit has over 50 million active users. So, that's around 0.1% of reddit users. Literally 99.9% of reddit are not here.

I think it's probably doomed. It'll never overtake reddit. But, it'll be a nice, quiet, alternative.

edit: Here's a quick litmus test for all the downvoters (I guess "correct" answers only here!). How many times have you gone to reddit today?

edit: I was part of this attempted migration, not the hate one. This isn't the first blackout for reddit being shitty.

edit: I humbly apologize for my personal, speculative, opinion about the unknowable future. The downvotes have made me realize my math was wrong, my opinion is wrong, and I am wrong. My corrected opinion is that Lemmy will overtake Meta, Mastadon, Twitter, and Google (wtf is reddit!?), and every upvote will be worth $1000, making everyone rich! Or, we can have fun guessing, and wait and see how things go. I hope they go well!

Biscuit,

And, they'll all still be wrong!

Biscuit, (edited )

I think jokes and empathy can be somewhat orthogonal. In fact, I think any stable society/org requires a court jester. But dang, the amount of dehumanization, lack of empathy, and sometimes joy, I see is really scary. There are some angry, empty, people on the internet, that I hope to never meet in real life.

Biscuit,

The problem is that everything you've said requires actually knowing the person and their actions. I see people making massive assumptions to justify their hatred.

Does anyone else hope the bulk of Reddit stays there?

I think my favorite thing about Lemmy is that it feels like Reddit used to. Less negativity, more engaged users (I think). I know it will be fun to watch Reddit die, but if I put spite aside what I’m really mad at Reddit about is more about what Reddit became and maybe part of that is when the general internet user started...

Biscuit, (edited )

Lots of reddit will find themselves unwelcome in Lemmy and by various instance admins.

Do you have some examples?

Biscuit,

That’s completely unrealistic.

Biscuit,

It would be super nice if all Reddit posts stayed on Reddit.

Biscuit,

"Local filtering" makes it sound like that's removed, lol. I think the button could definitely be renamed "Show only this instance" or something.

What do you think of subreddits protesting with rule changes (e.g., only allowing John Oliver)? (kbin.social)

A ton of moderators have been making changes to their subreddits' rules (e.g., only allowing certain posts, going NSFW, loosening rules a ton) to protest without getting kicked out. Do you think this strategy of turning a subreddit into shitposts is effective or not?...

Biscuit,

I think I’m on a Reddit alternative to get away from Reddit.

Biscuit,

The state of lemmy, “Reddit Reddit. Reddit, Reddit Redd’it!”

Biscuit,

I’ve replaced probably 70% of my searching with ChatGPT.

Biscuit,

They’re also too static. Need a user provided script to handle things like gender fluid.

Biscuit,

Both are silly grade school level simplifications, so not completely cringe.

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