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Do you guys think this is the start of something bigger? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 2 years ago by Eclipciz to c/[email protected]

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I’ve been using Lemmy and learning the ropes of the Fediverse and I’m really impressed - especially using wefwef which has replicated my Apollo experience very well.

There are posts and everything, just a lack of comments to read for hours on end is the only issue I have, but I believe that with more users this really could be the replacement.

Are you guys thinking the same thing? Is there evidence yet that Reddit is slowly failing and power users are migrating?

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[–] arditty 25 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Lemmy reminds me a lot of the way the internet used to be- smaller, independent communities with more real engagement and less of a content firehose. With so many instances, if you want something, you have to seek it out or start it yourself- with the added benefit of federation keeping everyone connected.

I’m really optimistic that this will get critical mass. I think the concept of federation is great, and I like to think we’re at the forefront of a whole new phase of online community.

[–] normalmighty 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's giving me strong ~2013 reddit vibes, which I always thought was around the peak of the site to be honest.

I think the community system starts to break down once the platform gets too big. As reddit grew, all of the big r/all subs lost any sort of identity and became the same amorphous community copy/pasted over and over.

The downside is that we don't have as much niche content yet, but we'll see how it's looking in a year or so.

[–] arditty 2 points 2 years ago

It’s the classic “Eternal September”: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternal_September

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