I swear I’m not trying to promote Reddit, I’m a refugee as many of us here, I just saw this video linked on r/Save3rdPartyApps and it amaze me that many people used Reddit for niche stuff.
So far Lemmy has been great for me, it really scratches the Reddit itch, using Thunder, Voyager, Jerboa and Connect for Lemmy has been a godsend for this site to me (yeah I cycle them all lol) but it is hard for me finding “less popular content”.
I know we are not supposed to lurk to keep improving this site it is hard to stop lurking ngl, I am trying to be more active as many of us do.
Some weeks ago Lemmy wasn’t even a shadow of what it is today, but I wonder if it is gonna get as big to cover those niches that people like.
Definitely. It’s going to take time though, since we’re directly competing with all those pre-existing specialty subs over there, which complicates things a little.
I’m starting to see it already. Even just a month ago, most niche subs were nonexistent. Some are popping up now, albeit with very little engagement
Think of Lemmy in 2023 as Reddit in 2005-2007. Reddit didn’t become the Reddit we loved (until a couple of months ago) in a flash.
Even with the wariness of Meta’s entrance into the fediverse, Threads gives it legitimacy and spreads awareness. So many people on reddit were saying the fediverse was confusing and that it wouldn’t catch on or appeal to the average user. Threads can change that perception, even if the various lemmy instances don’t federate with Threads, people will be aware of the existence of other servers, of the technology, and be more willing to branch out.
Lemmy is going to start with the “major” subs e.g. your meme communities, news subs, major hobbies etc.
Then as time goes on we’ll have points where people start to branch out to niche communities because the mainstream communities are too generalised. That’s when we’ll start to see explosive growth.
Lemmy won’t “win” overnight. It will be a gradual and years-long process, but it can be worth it in the end.
Yes this likely the best growing scenario, I’m so excited to be here to witness it now.
Meta’s Threads could just be like a nuke over all of this niceness we have now. Will be very interesting to see.
All those normies that hardly even know what a server is… I don’t expect them to care about being nice.
Then they get defederated. A lot of instances decided to not federate with Meta before they even launched
My dude, be the change you want to see. Start the community, curate what you want to see there, set some ground rules, and people will join you. I guarantee your interests are shared with others.
It’s not just reddit, and it’s not just lemmy. It’s just important that we have a space to share information with eachother free of commercial interests.
But yeah beautiful vid. Almost cried at the ending.
