I think @lemmy @lemmyworld might not get that support as what Mastodon got because Twitter is more seriously used by some people and needed an urgent alternative whereas Reddit is still primarily used for entertainment purposes
Wrong.
It has a way better chance because we don’t need to rely on popular people joining for it to grow. Anyone can start a community for any topic.
It doesn’t need to replace Reddit. All it needs is a small active userbase which it got from the migration and just slowly grow into something new.
I prefer it this way vs a full-blown copy of reddit. Smaller communities makes for better engagement and far more fulfilling convos anyway. 🙂
Same. I ditched Reddit because I didn’t like their increased control over the platform, and I mostly subbed to smaller communities anyway.
My main complaint right now is that it puts too much work on volunteers, and there’s no profit motive to keep it going, so I’m worried about the long term viability of the platform. It seems to be working for Mastodon and Matrix, so maybe it’s not a significant concern.
More people use reddit than twitter. As there isn’t another real alt to reddit they will either go to Lemmy kbin maybe minds but I doubt it.
Mastodon is easier to deal with as regardless of which instance you sign up for you are just following other users or picking up on global trends. There is also ONE OFFICIAL mobile app out there to make getting started easy. You just find it in your app store.
Lemmy is a bit of a mess:
- Bad name (yes I kind of resisted due to this)
- Communities you only see your instances and ONLY other instances that users on your instance have subscribed to. This limits your discovery of new communities if you are self hosted or on a small instance.
- Duplicate communities all over for common words just on different Instances. Subscribe to your local one, most popular one, or all of them?
- Need to pick your instance around moderation, but your instance may defederate what ever it wants.
- Nothing related comes up if you search “lemmy” in the iOS app store at this time.
Not trying to nit pick but comparing the two, Mastodon has a few things going for it that make adoption much easier
What’s wrong with the name?
lemmy has a higher search hit for “Ian Fraser Kilmister” as it is a common name. Mastodon and Reddit are UNIQUE names. If you ask Google Assistant or Siri “What is lemmy?” you will get that result. Mastodoon has a better / more unique name.
I also just don’t personally like how it sounds, sounds too much like lemming or let me when I hear it out loud.
Wrong. On the App Store (Apple), the official Reddit app is 1st while Twitter is 2nd. Reddit is extensively used.
