• OmniGlitcher
    42•2 years ago

    Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I don’t think Lemmy should be viewed as “spite sites”. If the entire focus of the community here is to point and laugh at Reddit’s failures, rather than actually provide an adequate site’s worth of unique content, people will quickly get tired of it and leave.

    Of course, it’s the hot topic at the moment so it’s understandable, but I hope we’ll move away from it at some point.

      • OmniGlitcher
        4•2 years ago

        I heard mention of it occasionally, but that was also years after the initial move from Digg, so I can’t comment on what it was like first hand during the initial move time.

        However, I don’t think anyone viewed Reddit as a “spite site” for Digg, Reddit was around for years and was semi-popular before Digg committed suicide. It was simply the natural move.

        Lemmy on the other hand has been around for a little bit, since 2019 as far as I can tell, but a rather minimal userbase.

        Certainly if we get to the point where Lemmy (and its current userbase at minimum) sticks around for a few more years, it’ll likely largely move past the whole Reddit fiasco. But it also needs a large variety of non-reddit-related content to interest users, otherwise this site will likely die before it gets there.

        • Venutian Spring
          1•2 years ago

          Digg memes were circulating on Reddit during that time. This will pass, but right now everyone is excited to be making a big change.

    • _haha_oh_wow_
      4•2 years ago

      There are plenty of communities where reddit doesn’t really get discussed but on the catch-all/meme places, it’s a topical thing right now so we’ll definitely be seeing it for a while yet.

    • @[email protected]
      4•2 years ago

      I mean they keep doing stupid shit so there’s still stuff to talk about but look around, dude. There’s lots and lots of active conversation that has nothing to do with Reddit.

      • OmniGlitcher
        3•2 years ago

        Of course, it’s the hot topic at the moment so it’s understandable

        As I said, I get it.

        And yes, there is discussion that’s nothing to do with Reddit, however Reddit is still an extremely common topic, and I’m just a little concerned that this will become the Reddit trash fire viewing site with incidental other discussion, rather than its own thing. A positive thing to come out of the whole Titan accident is that is gives some other content to talk about at least.

        But surely you’d agree viewing Lemmy as a “spite site” is not the way forward, no?

    • Fredselfish
      3•2 years ago

      I agree I careless what is going on over there. I rather watch this site grow and see how it can be better than Reddit.

  • @axh
    12•2 years ago

    With blackjack and hookers!

  • _haha_oh_wow_
    11•2 years ago

    I hope reddit stays up to serve as a method of containment for assholes who support Spez’s bullshit.

  • @Gradually_Adjusting
    11•2 years ago

    It’s not spite, it’s self respect. Meme is otherwise highly to spec.

    • @MiddleWeigh
      1•2 years ago

      Larry, like everyone here, is sharp af.

      I watched Seinfeld on library vhs tapes very far away from home. It hits for sure.

  • @MiddleWeigh
    3•2 years ago

    I love curb. Dude is sharp AF.

    I watched all of Seinfeld on library vhs tapes cross the country from home. Super nostalgic.

    Reddit sucks. This shit is on point here so far. You are all sharp AF.

    Edit. Wow my shit bugged out. Timeout and ended up commenting 3 times sheesh. Oopsie.

  • @Xaxetrov
    3•2 years ago

    Which film / series is this from ?

  • @muaveri
    2•1 year ago

    this is hilarious, lol