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  • o_oli@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldOn the future of Lemmy vs reddit
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    1 year ago

    Comparing the two communities, reddit nearly always has way more quality content and news for me though for the time being. Often even with big news it’s just not here on Lemmy at all. Many posts also have 0 comments and you just wouldn’t see that on Reddit. Once Sync can create posts I will probably start x-posting more from reddit to lemmy for communities I am most interested in.

    For now I think I will start browsing Lemmy and then visit Reddit for anything I missed. Keeping my posting and commenting over here mostly because I’d like to see this place grow.








  • I think the general consensus seems to be bot and/or spam accounts being removed but I haven’t seen evidence of it. Anecdotally I have seen many people say it feels more busy around Lemmy lately but I haven’t been here long enough to know myself. It is a curious one though.

    If it is genuine then I suppose it could be a typical cycle for platforms that get raided by another, in this case an exodus from reddit to Lemmy - then after the dust settles some people decide they don’t like it after all and go back or elsewhere.

    I don’t think that is a bad sign though that is a natural cycle and as long as some people remain then it shows overall growth.



  • Especially since, and correct me if I am wrong, but every instance holds all of the data for all of the other instances too? (that they are federated with).

    This means there is an insane amount of redundancy no? With hundreds or thousands of servers the cost would eventually become prohibitive and need to rely on only a select few large servers and thus Lemmy doesn’t ‘solve’ the issue it tries to in that sense.

    Or, maybe it’s only the bandwidth that becomes an issue and the data storage is actually minimal. If that’s the case I can see more how a smaller server could afford to be part of the ecosystem. Perhaps also down the line if not already there could be a cut off point for historical data to avoid bloat.




  • o_oli@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldLemmy is slowly getting better
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    1 year ago

    Yeah I mean looking at the stats of new users, that watering down has already happened to the point where any extremeist shit is statistically insignificant by now. 99%+ of people here are just looking for a replacement reddit and that’s all, rather than some censorship haven where they can chat their extreme views.


  • o_oli@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldLemmy is slowly getting better
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    1 year ago

    I agree somewhat, I think Lemmy has a way to go though because there are some real big headlines that seem to be missing from Lemmy on certain communities, and often a lot of posts with 0 comments or very few. I know it’s early days but until Lemmy is a reliable source of news for my various hobbies I’ll still be using Reddit alongside. At least on Reddit for all it’s flaws, if there is something big happening in a certain scene, it’ll be there. It’s a one stop shop for all my information.