I’ve been using Lemmy and learning the ropes of the Fediverse and I’m really impressed - especially using wefwef which has replicated my Apollo experience very well.

There are posts and everything, just a lack of comments to read for hours on end is the only issue I have, but I believe that with more users this really could be the replacement.

Are you guys thinking the same thing? Is there evidence yet that Reddit is slowly failing and power users are migrating?

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Eventually the fediverse will grow. Maybe now or in 5-10 years when the rest of the internet users get fed up with the ads and subscription fees etc. on commercial sites. It seems like an inevitable evolution.

I don’t think reddit will necessarily fail big time, but it has changed into something that I don’t want or need to participate in, so it doesn’t really matter to me. I actually don’t want them to fail, because the users there who enjoy it for what it is now should be able to use it for …that.

In the last couple of years it grew too big for my taste anyway. The “Eternal September” phenomena hit it pretty badly. I didn’t enjoy the constant noise and immature arguing over semantics. It’s a different demographic than Facebook, but it’s about the same reason I don’t use that either.

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People like free sites, but I can see popular instances dying without some form of way to make money. I don’t think all Lemmy communities can run on donations alone.

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