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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Isn't Lemmy suposed to be FOSS? I thought that was the main reason why people left Reddit for Lemmy was that and API changes. Wouldn´t other FOSS be of interestt too? Just a thought.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Reddit's great strength was that it was big enough that niche communities could attract enough users to have interesting conversations and a steady flow of content, and if you are a Reddit refugee looking for those sorts of communities you aren't likely to find them on Lemmy. I've more or less made my peace with that, but if you're not the kind to stand on principle, a falling user count is bad news for the hope that the Fediverse might snowball into the sort of place that can support discussions about your passions and hobbies even if they're not the sort of thing that is popular with a specific set of tech-savvy anti-capitalist leftwing activists (and I say this with love as a fellow tech-savvy leftie... but y'all got one-track minds and it shows in what communities live and die around here).

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

That's fine, there's intelligent conversation here, it feels like reddit did ten years ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah even a pretty unpopular car brand (Infiniti) has a pretty active sub due to the install base. I think I'm the only person here who has posted about it at all on lemmy.

I wish spez hadn't ruined Reddit.