• Matharl@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    2 years ago

    I think it shows that the great migration from Reddit is actually happening. After the 1st of July, we can expect to see Lemmy growing even more since the changes on Reddit are gonna be in full effect.

    • Candelestine@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      2 years ago

      Agreed. I imagine the devs and admins here are looking at it as a bit of a deadline of sorts. It’s going to be a big bump in traffic, best to have as much as you can in place.

      If you can have useable app out by then, you’ll get a big sudden surge in interest. It’s just a really nice opportunity for an aspiring dev.

    • PorkTaco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      4·
      2 years ago

      This is great and exciting news, but we do need to keep things in perspective. Jumping to almost 48,000 daily active users is great, but Reddit has about 55 million. That’s essentially a rounding error as far as Reddit is concerned.

      • theGimpboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        I’m curious what the make up of people migrating are. It could be the early adopters that helped Reddit build out the platform ahead of Digg collapsing. It could also be people who were looking for an excuse to leave because they didn’t really like Reddit for one reason or another. I think I fall more in the fed up with Reddit and looking for anyone/anywhere doing it better.

      • SSTF@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        People keep wishing death upon Reddit. I understand the emotion, but I wish Reddit a long life. Let it be the grease trap for doomscrollers, reposters, and political and corporate infiltration. I don’t want millions of people to join Lemmy. I want the mythical 1% active content creators to jump ship.

        • hydra@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          Yeah, Reddit and 4chan can be containment cesspits while quality discussion moves to Fedi.

      • can@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0·
        2 years ago

        I don’t really see a problem with this. We already have enough that I can comment an engage with people. I can already ask a question and have 50 people give genuine thought out responses.

        That’s enough for me.

        We’re only on v0.18, some are not going to want a less refine product and that’s okay. We’re here building the momentum for when it’s read for them.

        • PorkTaco@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          I don’t disagree necessarily, I just think anyone expecting a mass migration should temper their expectations.

    • theGimpboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’m really trying, the main thing I miss is the amount of content and the general navigability of reddit. Finding new subs was so easy and lemmy feels harder to just browse imo. I’ve moved to the lemmy RSS and deleted my reddit bookmarks to help keep me from going there out of weakness though.

      We’ll see to what degree the migration stays/works. I would be very happy to see some competition in this space.