A video about the effectiveness of the Reddit protest

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    1 year ago

    It depends very much on how you use reddit. E.g. there are no mental health communities here that really helped me through difficult times. There are so many specialized communities on reddit that helped me a lot, that won’t just move over here on Lemmy. I get that if you only looked at the general feed, you don’t miss out on much on lemmy. But I never used reddit like this and now I really feel like lemmy is (still) missing the best parts of reddit :/

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      1 year ago

      Keep in mind you’re comparing a very mature platform with one that’s literally still in alpha.

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        1 year ago

        True, but that doesn’t change the fact that if you need that kind of support right now, you’re dependent on Reddit.

        And I think it’ll take a while for Lemmy to build the size of user base that makes those kinds of specialised communities viable, unfortunately. Although I very much hope it happens.

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          1 year ago

          Granted – I think it’s the “(still)” remark that prompted mine.

          Certainly a tough pill to swallow that to continue participating in those communities you either need to keep feeding the beast, or go wherever the majority of that community goes (which simply may not end up being Lemmy).

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        1 year ago

        I was responding to “just use Lemmy, there is nothing meaningful holding you to reddit”. Sure I’m hopeful that Lemmy will grow. The comment above just annoyed me because it was suggesting that it is as easy for everyone to leave reddit. No, it’s not. But it will soon be OK, hopefully.