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I know Kbin will grow in time but I miss how huge Reddit was.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

No, I don't miss that at all. I'm here because it's more like Reddit was when I first joined.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think there will be another surge on July 1 when 3rd party apps go offline. As submissions, activity, and moderation on reddit decline, it could lead to a larger stream of users leaving the platform and looking for an alternative. Fleshing out content and functionality in the fediverse before in advance of Reddit's death spiral feels important.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I have had my hands full acclimating to the fediverse, bumping between instances to "try them on for size" over the last several days post-Rexxit . . . And the growth just in that short span has been exponential.

I suspect Lemmy will rival the hugeness sooner than you think.

Plus, its been kinda cool to sort by "New" to find new communities/magazines and actual quality content!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Reddit was small once. Then Digg has a seizure and Reddit grew quickly.

Now it’s Reddit having a fit and we’re seeing more people dabbling in the threadiverse. It won’t be the same pace though, it has the same challenges as Mastodon etc.. to encourage people to take a moment to understand federated decentralised Vs the monolithic services they’re used to.. but it’s going to grow. June 30th will be the next influx.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It will get there. I don't think it's going to be the same as Mastodon, because on here it's actually somewhat simple to find things.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I definitely prefer here to Mastodon so far, simply for that reason.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Regardless of how many people stay on Fediverse or return to Reddit, the important thing is that so many people are now aware of, and engaging with, alternatives.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Patience you must have my young padawan.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I miss Reddit’s size… circa 2010.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Most of that size was from lurkers, OnlyFans spammers, bots, and chuds. I much prefer here, where nearly everyone is a real contributor. It feels more like how Reddit was a decade ago

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

That's what she says.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's not the size of th site but how you use it that matters...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

And anyway, making a girl laugh is the next best thing to giving her an orgasm, so checkmate haters.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

That's what she said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In the last few years, Reddit has become overwhelmed with bots and trolls. Kbin and Lemmy feel more fresh because they are - it’s too soon for the negative cloud. But it will come eventually. For now, this is a million times better than Reddit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

One of the things I don't miss is the reposting bots. They are a big chunk of the content volume.

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