I know Kbin will grow in time but I miss how huge Reddit was.
I don’t. I like how I can comment on something and not have it buried. Engagement is much higher here
Yeah–I constantly read about how people liked reddit back in the day, or liked digg, but don’t connect it to the fact that the reason why they were better back in the day was because they were smaller and more intimate (for lack of a better word).
I’m excited for the fediverse to grow, but for me it’s already reached that critical mass for it to be engaging
That intimacy was still available on Reddit, but you needed to dig into the niche subs to find it. Commenting on large subs was definitely a cup of water in the ocean feeling.
Oh absolutely–that’s really the only reason I was able to stay on reddit. I do miss some of those smaller communities, but have resorted to actual forums now (if applicable), or just going without.
Shoutouts to the fiberglassflyrodders.com forums
Niche sub is just another way of saying echo chamber. Reddit was shit, every part of it
Right. Those damn knitters and their echo chamber of knitting tricks.
I dare you go say an unpopular opinion in a knitting sub, lets see how good it goes for you
Post something that is clearly crochet
Settle down Hitler
And wow, those doctrinaire twits on /r/fountainpens were to hard to bear. So I like Hongdian pens. Sue me!
Try telling them knitting sucks and they should be crocheting.
Ehh…as someone who was on Reddit and Digg back in the day, they were much larger than Lemmy currently is.
They weren’t born large. Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came. The secret to growing a community is to grow a community. It all has to start somewhere and frankly, fediverse is starting with a much stronger kick start than digg and Reddit ever had.
Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came.
That makes me wonder how people would feel about copying content from other platforms using bots in order to boost some communities. Those that have <1k subscribers could use some seeding.
There’s a project underway to do just that @BotIt
Sure but the fediverse isn’t just Lemmy. I’m commenting through kbin right now for example.
As someone who was on Reddit and Digg way way back in the day, there was a point where they were about the size of what Lemmy currently is.
It’s great to know that people actually read and respond to your comments imo.
hear, hear! i don’t miss all the spam and bots.
Same thing on mastodon, you can actually have conversations there
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I liked it’s size in terms of breadth. You could find a niche subreddit maybe on a TV show, hobby or small community and find an active sub.
However on the bigger subs I hated the fact you were drowned by the hive mind.
The hive mind was so toxic that it was a risky move commentating on something against the flow.
Just hope we can leave that behind.
Breadth is a good way of putting it. The thing that’s making it hard for me to leave Reddit behind is an NFL community with any level of activity. /r/NFL was my main source of football news.
I understand this only because my husband still is looking at reddit. I had to have a talk with him as to why I am changing platforms, the point of not visiting a site during a protest, and how Lemmys and kbin need time to grow. He was looking at news and he said “well your site doesn’t have anything! It’s basically empty where am I supposed to go for discussion!”
I told him he needs to either just view the news sites directly and contribute, or just try to curb usage and allow the sites time to grow. Use your phones native news app for now, whatever it takes to not add to Reddits ad revenue and user count.
If this was reddit, you’d be smothered in replies asking why you haven’t left your husband yet.
Red flags everywhere, you know I’d forgotten that was everyone’s response on reddit!
I mean, there’s a lot of content here already.
Yeah it’s not the same endless dopamine drip feed conveyor belt that is Reddit, but there’s plenty of content to engage with.
Yeah it’s not the same endless dopamine drip feed conveyor belt that is Reddit
Which sure as hell isn’t a bad thing!
I’ve been enjoying commenting and having a more social experience here rather than endlessly lurking :)
My SO still uses it and I would rather he not but I’m still using technology created by slave labor and taking 1 hour long showers. Reddit is going to be there, it’s not going anywhere, and they’ll keep doing whatever they’re doing but I’m here because it was a good excuse to leave and find somewhere else. Yeah they suck just like Walmart and spectrum and att and Coca-Cola and nestle and every single corporation. I’m not gonna start a fight over whose corporate addiction is worse though.
I think there will be another surge on July 1 when 3rd party apps go offline. As submissions, activity, and moderation on reddit decline, it could lead to a larger stream of users leaving the platform and looking for an alternative. Fleshing out content and functionality in the fediverse before in advance of Reddit’s death spiral feels important.
When I started on Reddit in 2012, it was mostly because I was in Rarotonga and I needed something to entertain myself that didn’t use hoards of data like YouTube did for me at the time and Reddit was largely text and image based so it fit the bill perfectly.
Over the years I definitely saw a cultural shift and the quality of content absolutely dropped but there was still so much of it that I could still lurk…
This fediverse does a pretty good job of capturing that same vibe of text based forums that I’m really enjoying, whilst I totally get what you’re saying about the size of Reddit I’m more than happy to be hanging out here and I actually like the simple interface, reminds me of my Nexus 4 days hah
On reddit if you were european you were basically missing the action since the posts were written by americans and already 8 hours old, and your replies would be buried under the hundreds of comments.
Most of the time there was no point if you weren’t present like 1h after a post was made.
The only people who would read your comments would be an AI.
Regardless of how many people stay on Fediverse or return to Reddit, the important thing is that so many people are now aware of, and engaging with, alternatives.
Became so huge that I was typing a comment on Reddit and most of the time half way through I gave up and close the tab cause it wasn’t worth it. It would get buried.
I think there’s a size between Reddit and Lemmy that’s ideal. And as Lemmy grows it will get hopefully there. I have no desire to post a comment in a thread with 10k comments. I’m more hopeful that Lemmy will get better than in hopeful that Reddit won’t get worse.
Yeah, I totally agree here. There is an optimal size. Three people commenting on one post might be too limited, but 10k people commenting on one post is pointless. There’s a middle ground that will be awesome. Also, maybe the slightly more decentralized nature of a federated setup will solve that problem entirely? I can foresee places that do become Reddit size, with islands of tiny intimate communities that preserve the smaller feel that people seem to be enjoying today. Only time will tell!
Reddit was small once. Then Digg has a seizure and Reddit grew quickly.
Now it’s Reddit having a fit and we’re seeing more people dabbling in the threadiverse. It won’t be the same pace though, it has the same challenges as Mastodon etc… to encourage people to take a moment to understand federated decentralised Vs the monolithic services they’re used to… but it’s going to grow. June 30th will be the next influx.
It’s not the size of th site but how you use it that matters…
And anyway, making a girl laugh is the next best thing to giving her an orgasm, so checkmate haters.
I think you really mean you miss the diversity of communities. But at the size of Reddit, the front page is just spam/clickbait. Very few people actually want that level of size. The ideal goal is something that has all of the major communities of Reddit, but we don’t really want it to be that big.
That’s what she said.
Typical size queen…
It’s just nice to look at big… websites. 🥺
I’ve seen some sites that claim to sell products to make your website bigger, if anyone is interested. Not that we need it here. I just happened to see the ads is all.
I personally don’t mainly because it feels like I have nothing of worth to say if there’s already like hundreds of comments that have already said my point in a multitude of ways, also just the anxiety of judgement and shit. On smaller platforms like these there’s actual room to speak and share stuff
Same, didn’t post or comment much on reddit but I’m gonna encourage myself here because you can actually participate
I definitely miss the niche communities but I’m hoping they make their way here
