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I think @lemmy @lemmyworld might not get the support Mastodon got because Twitter is more seriously used by some people and needed an ur (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by abcxyz@mastodon.social to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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I think @lemmy @lemmyworld might not get the support Mastodon got because Twitter is more seriously used by some people and needed an urgent alternative whereas Reddit is still primarily used for entertainment

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[–] trifictional@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wrong.

It has a way better chance because we don’t need to rely on popular people joining for it to grow. Anyone can start a community for any topic.

[–] abcxyz@mastodon.social -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@trifictional I saw support for Mastodon and people moving to it.

Lemmy just hasn't had that yet.

And its apparent why.

Unlike Twitter, core functionality of Reddit has still not degraded

[–] trifictional@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here’s my point though:

You follow people on twitter. If the people you follow stay on twitter, you are forced to use twitter to see what they post.

You follow topics on Reddit. If the community doesn’t leave Reddit, that’s okay. You can still find the exact same community over here or start one yourself.

That single distinction will make this platform more successful than mastodon.

[–] abcxyz@mastodon.social -1 points 1 year ago

@trifictional People are what make a platform.

Users submit content to fill it
Mods make it liveable

Lemmy has enough mods. But given that 99% of redditors weren't affected by the changes, Lemmy just doesn't have the urgency.

Big subreddits are protesting instead of switching to Lemmy.

One adv is that Lemmy can tap into Mastodon users. But even that I have not seen happenning.

I will be happy to be proved wrong tho. Let's see...