• TeaHands@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’d have to disagree with the premise that the Twitter migration “failed”, for a start. Of course with anything like this you get a big spike and then it trails off. But the question isn’t “did we retain 100% of people who tried out the new platform?” it’s “are there now more people on the platform and are they having a good time?”

    I never actually used Twitter (yet somehow had about nine accounts but I kept telling myself this time it would stick). Now I have two active Mastodon accounts with two active feeds and am having a great time.

    And the same applies with Kbin/Lemmy. It’s not for everyone. Nothing is.

    • But are there more people here now? ✅
    • Are we having fun and interesting conversations and a generally good time? ✅

    Why does anything else matter?

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      1 year ago

      How dare you assume I’m having a good time.

      While you’re definitely right I get OP’s hang up, more people means more content. I do wish more niche communities on Reddit made their way here.

      I am btw

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        Lol sorry how rude of me.

        I think niche communities are a result of platform size, and trying to force it too early doesn’t really work. What we can do is make sure the slightly-less-niche-but-still-fun communities that already exist are looking nice and active and welcoming ready for whenever there’s a new wave of users, and the niche splinter groups will come with time.

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          Very true, maybe we’ll see sites dedicated to these niche groups connect their own instances?