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[–] 1bluepixel@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I mean. I'm going back and forth between Lemmy and kbin, but let's not kid ourselves. We're not at a Digg-level exodus yet. The, for lack of a better word, hardcore users are moving on, but the casual redditors aren't showing signs of going anywhere.

Not saying it might not happen, but we're not there yet IMO.

[–] Bankshot@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

The power users and enthusiasts go first to clear the path and kick the tires to make it easier for the others to come later.

[–] meldroc@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Let's see what happens when the 3rd party apps die at the end of the month & moderation goes all to shit. That's when things get real for more people.

I agree, switchover isn't going to be instantaneous, but when trolls & fascists start taking over and the collective IQ there drops 30 points, the exodus will accelerate. People won't go to Reddit for discussions when the threads there assume Youtube quality, and without that, it's just another doomscrolling app.

[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit has so much more content than Digg that you really only need a small fraction of that on your new thing for that new thing to be viable.

[–] Kichae@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

This.

And this place doesn't need to be the place where 50 million redditors go overnight.

It can't be. That would crush it.

But just as the Fediverse microblogging space has seen steady growth following Elon taking over Twitter, this space will see steady growth, too. And it's ok if that growth doesn't include people that don't understand that Reddit is a website and not just an app that lives on their phone or whatever.

They can come later when there's more and better support for them.