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Why a mass exodus from Reddit won't be so good for Lemmy (lemmy.ml)
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Hello! A lot of people are discussing the recent Reddit changes (I'm also a Reddit refugee), but I think there are some reasons why a mass exodus from Reddit won't be good for Lemmy:

  • servers would crash The reddit "hivemind" would move to Lemmy The shitty jokes would continue here
  • just check r/redditmoment. Do you want that to become c/lemmymoment?
  • right now the community here is big enough that there are enough posts to keep us entertained, but small enough to get to interact multiple times with the same people and not get drowned in a sea of posts/comments The Lemmy community rn is also formed of at least mildly tech-savvy people (that could figure out the whole instances thing), that isn't the case for Reddit

As some people mentioned, many people will just forget what happened after the blackout (unless it becomes permanent), so a mass exodus also seems unlikely.

What do you think about this?

EDIT: I'm not talking about denying every Reddit application, I just hope the annoying redditors go back into their hole, just like @JTurtle said.

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[–] Anissem@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

I’m here mostly due to my love of the Apollo app. I started on Reddit nearly 15 years ago after bailing on Digg. My usage of Reddit has 100% moved to mobile for various reasons. So after my personal exodus, I find myself a Mlem user enjoying it 100%. I don’t think the mass exodus from Reddit will change a ton on their end and this will probably just be a blip on the radar. But it might be just enough of a blip to push Lemmy and apps like Mlem to start to get some real traction. I don’t want Lemmy to become 100% like Reddit and i’m excited to see where this goes.