decadentrebel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoHow exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there?message-squaremessage-square188fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down138file-text
arrow-up1279arrow-down1message-squareHow exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there?decadentrebel@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square188fedilinkfile-text
Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?
minus-squarenomadjoanne@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoI assume this is a larger theme across the Fediverse? Could you expand on what causes the massive bandwidth needs? I’m have a vague idea but I’d be very curious to know.
minus-squareQuacksalberlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoIf a user of an instance subscribes to content from another instance, their home instance is pulling, storing and sharing that content. With more and more instances, more time will be spent on sharing that content.
I assume this is a larger theme across the Fediverse?
Could you expand on what causes the massive bandwidth needs? I’m have a vague idea but I’d be very curious to know.
If a user of an instance subscribes to content from another instance, their home instance is pulling, storing and sharing that content. With more and more instances, more time will be spent on sharing that content.