I don’t mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I’m curious about people’s outlook on this situation.
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Edit: Wow this blew up!
Edit 2: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!
Edit 3: RIP my inbox! I can’t believe this made /r/all!
Edit 4: We did it Reddit! Lemmy!
How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?
Most.
90% of the engagement I’ve seen regarding Lemmy is “Why isn’t this Reddit and work exactly the same as Reddit? When WILL it work exactly the same as Reddit?”
I’m already seeing hostility a la “Well I guess we’ll see if the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs” in regards to communities getting tied to a central authority, aka the thing this was explicitly designed to not do. I’ve been offloading my data and such to self hosted options for a few years now where I can anyway, so I’m down to stay, but I DO look forward to the end of the protest and the Reddit stans going home like nothing happened like they were always going to. > How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?
I like to think that Lemmy is transitioning from early adopters to First Followers (to take from this Ted talk
If only 10% of new users stay, they start to build out new servers and communities. As Reddit continues to degrade, some (maybe even most) of those 90% will start to trickle back, creating lasting growth and widespread adoption (vs the casual tourism).
I can guarantee I won’t be going back to reddit on mobile if they go ahead with the API changes. I may occasionally use reddit on desktop but 99% of my reddit usage was on mobile via Sync.
Once they get rid of old.reddit (which they inevitably will) that will force my hand and I’ll have to fully move to Lemmy. As luck would have it, the developer of Sync is considering re-purposing it to run on Lemmy which would be perfect for me.
I’m hoping Apollo does the same.
And have them blackmail the Fediverse? I think not!
Most, but they’ll always have Lemmy in their back pocket, which is the important part.
I think if the top Reddit third party apps developed a Lemmy app, that would genuinely help keep people here.
The “official” Lemmy apps right now are rough. They aren’t terrible, but they are leagues behind any of the main Reddit apps.
Just using it in the browser isn’t too bad. When jerboa conked out for me yesterday i just switched to browser
Reddit on mobile for me is done. I may still browse it on desktop but lemmy will be my go to when i’m out and about
