The only successful example I found the other day was https://old.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/, now [email protected]

If a few other communities could move over there, that would help make the platform more active.

There is a banned subreddit that recently moved here (I won’t mention it to avoid them getting raided, but if you browse All you probably know which one I’m talking about), that was very interesting, and some proof that the current tools (the websites, the mobile apps, the interfaces) could work for people outside of the usual “tech / Linux / FOSS” bubble.

What do you think?

  • @[email protected]OPEnglish
    13•5 months ago

    What we need is more homegrown communities that grow naturally by attracting people.

    That’s probably the biggest issue.

    How are people supposed to hear about Lemmy at the moment?

    • a few subs like /r/RedditAlternatives
    • a comment that might mention it, but quickly removed or deleted

    Reddit got really popular when it started to become the “one place to find answers about anything”. And it still is to an extend. While Reddit is still there, it will be hard for Lemmy to really emerge.

    We’ve been stagnating at 48k-50k for the last few months, there is a risk of more and more people leaving over time, leading to the end of the platform

    • whoareuEnglish
      6•5 months ago

      I won’t leave until I am the only one left

      • @[email protected]OPEnglish
        4•5 months ago

        Honestly, in a scenario where most of the most prolific poster leave, I don’t give Lemmy a month before the thing becomes completely empty.

        • @[email protected]English
          1•4 months ago

          Laaate reply, but: 1) it seems to me there’s a big bloc of users who truly despise Reddit, and would go anywhere else but back, 2) there seems to be a pretty big bloc of users who are comfortable with the size and nature of Lemmy, and don’t want to go anywhere else AFAIK.