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do you think lemmy will ever be popular?

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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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No.

They just copied redit. That included some bad decisions. Even when redit would do it better in the future, it still does not help lemmings.

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tomcatt360@lemmy.zip
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Do you have any examples?

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NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world
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tomcatt360@lemmy.zip
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Mods will always have disagreements with users. Many others in that thread pointed out that both open mod log and the reduced use of tools like automod help mitigate the effect of bad mods.

Thanks for providing examples!

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lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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I hope not. Imagine all the crazies.

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The__the@lemmy.worldOP
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so you prefer smaller forums to bigger forums like reddit?

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lurch (he/him)@sh.itjust.works
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I prefer social media where people post because they have content, need help or want to discuss something, not just post to be hip or the site is popular.

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wildncrazyguy138@fedia.io
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I prefer fresh ideas and thoughts, even (especially) if they don’t align with my own values and beliefs. I thrive in that kind of environment. We, for the most part, seem to be at that stage. A stage Reddit was at circa 2009.

What I don’t want is this place becoming so popular that everything moves too fast and becomes derivative. I am not looking forward to an endless September. It’s probably inevitable, but if it could hold off another 5 - 10 years up to the point when I’m more into gardening or something rather than the Internet, that would be ideal.

I also fear that the model is unsustainable at a certain point. I trust Dessaslines and co aren’t chasing endless profits, but there does need to be enough people out there willing to donate and fund operations. Lichess is able to make it happen, so I hope we do here too.

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DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world
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Yes

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Sundial@lemm.ee
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I think the Fediverse will be popular. It’s already being adopted by Meta in the way of Threads.

Popularity comes when major companies, like Meta, push for something to be in the mainstream. Will Lemmy be popular and be pushed for the mainstream? Probably not. The mindset of the majority of the admins is against streamlining it. It’s why we have a bunch of instances and why so many of them defederated from Threads (which I agree with). They’ve even taken steps to stop having so many people default to the .world instance in an attempt to diversify it.

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schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
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How do you define popular? I think it already is reasonably popular, I see enough activity here that it prompts me to comment at least somewhere on most days. I think it’s going to become more popular over time.

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cabbage@piefed.social
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If I saw this question posted the first time I visited Lemmy (some months before the Reddit app drama) with “popular” being defined as the current level of activity, my clear answer would be a loud and clear “probably not”.

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NewNewAccount@lemmy.world
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Current as in today? Or then-current (pre-exodus)?

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cabbage@piefed.social
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I meant to say that I would never have believed back then that Lemmy would become as popular as it is today.

My point is that it’s a moving target. Reddit has a billion active users. Instagram has two billion. I don’t think these make sense as targets.

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AlexWIWA@lemmy.ml
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Yeah I’m pretty happy with its current activity level

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