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[โ€“] ExcessivelySalty@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago (24 children)

The blackout probably won't result in Reddit failing, but he has to realize that if he keeps this up, it's only going to take some aspiring programmers/designers some time to develop more Reddit alternatives, and when one of them becomes viable, down goes Reddit.

[โ€“] moog@tuna.cat 9 points 1 year ago (13 children)

That's the thing. Reddit will live on for quite some time, but enough damage has been done to position alternatives as the better choice.
I personally think it will be a combination of all these fediverse sites.

Imagine having your own personal site connected to Lemmy, Kbin, and everyone else's personal sites.
It's pretty incredible.

[โ€“] RisingSwell@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't think 99.9% of people care about the extra depth of Lemmy, or anything else like this. In fact the extra layer of complexity makes me think nothing like Lemmy will replace Reddit because people don't want to put in the extra effort to learn about instances and federation.

I'll be shocked if any instance hits a million people in the next few years

[โ€“] moog@tuna.cat 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To a "normal" user, a Lemmy (or any federated) instance is just another Reddit-like site.
If a user signs up and see content in their feed, why do they need to care about federation?

The federated system gives "normal" users the content they want, and "technical" users the ability to self-host and connect to other federated servers.

I think a handful of popular federated instances will see the majority of Reddit emigrants who don't need/care to know about how federation works.

[โ€“] DulyNoted@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I mean yeah, it looks to be mostly that way with Lemmy.World

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