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Lemmy enjoys growth as developers pivot from Reddit amid API charging controversy (alternativeto.net)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think that's normal. People will try out Lemmy but if they notice that the communities they frequent doesn't have a lot of content they'll just leave back to reddit.

We can hope for organic growth but it'll take a long time (especially with how big reddit is)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And it's understandable. Reddit had more than 16 years to build up the user base that it now has.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also years of AITA or relationship_advice content to read when bored. Not to mention loads of amazing askreddit threads you can binge.

Content takes time to create.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd be happy enough with just new content TBH. Totally out of the loop on wrestling and movies without Reddit.

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

Time to go the sources Reddit usually has and post them yourself.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

But the entire point of getting the info from Reddit is so I didn't have to do that. Why watch seven hours of wrestling per week when I could watch two minutes of highlights and read discussions of the events?