I don't know if you've noticed this, but threads or comments about Lemmy or the Fediverse get downvoted a lot on Reddit and trolls who claim that it's "dogshit" and "not going anywhere" get systematically upvoted.
Some of those trolls get then exposed when you ask them what Lemmy instance they tried and one of them with whom I had a surreal exchange answered with something like "yeah ofc I used Lemmy, this is the instance: join-lemmy.org" 🤦♂️
It's frustrating that these trolls keep contributing to the big lie that "Lemmy is not ready yet" and that there's "no viable alternative to Reddit".
This and the overwhelming number of comments being "against the mod protests" just prompts me to question whether there isn't some brigading being organized straight from the Reddit HQ.
I haven't noticed.
However, something I have noticed about people is that they justify their behaviour.
So if they buy a Toyota and Dad has a Nissan, he'll ask them why they didn't buy a Nissan... If they buy a Nissan and Dad has a Toyota, they'll similarly be able to fight for their corner.
What people don't do is to buy a Nissan and say 'sure, I bought the dogshit car because I'm stupid'.
Something that's true is that Reddit aggregated a lot of behaviour on internet, and so it's obviously true that Lemmy cannot compete with that - not even close. For many use-cases, there are no viable alternatives.
The best thing that will come of this is that people become aware that they have alternatives to Youtube/Google, Reddit, Facebook, Chrome etc.
People need to work to build an independent internet and not allow this shit to happen.
They need to stop signing TOS agreements that they can't even read through or comprehend.