▲ 105 ▼ How exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there? (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by decadentrebel@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 146 comments fedilink hide all child comments Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 years ago (1 child) Lemmy does not really offer the Reddit experience to a new user. I agree with one caveat: yet. If Lemmy can build up its userbase and content it could offer a similar experience to Reddit permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LeFantome@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The problem is the lack of a main page. People want to type “lemmy.com” and find what they are looking for. I take it back! I just type lemmy.com and got redirected to https://lemm.ee/?src=lemmy.com permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I think that won't be as big of an issue in time. As Lemmy grows, eventually people will be exposed to it and other services on the Fediverse and will be more likely to have an idea on how to get started, or at least find good guides. Remember that pretty much everything on computers requires some instruction at the beginning. The advantage that Reddit and other software have is that people have (and continually are) already taught how to use them. It's a similar situation to Linux vs. Windows. A lot of distros on Linux are actually more user friendly and easier to learn than Windows - the issue with getting people to try Linux is that they already know how to use Windows and most people hate learning new things permalink fedilink source parent [–] raptir@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Something like lemmy.world or lemm.ee will just become the "default" instance for new users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LeFantome@programming.dev 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) The problem is the lack of a main page. People want to type “lemmy.com” and find what they are looking for. I take it back! I just type lemmy.com and got redirected to https://lemm.ee/?src=lemmy.com permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I think that won't be as big of an issue in time. As Lemmy grows, eventually people will be exposed to it and other services on the Fediverse and will be more likely to have an idea on how to get started, or at least find good guides. Remember that pretty much everything on computers requires some instruction at the beginning. The advantage that Reddit and other software have is that people have (and continually are) already taught how to use them. It's a similar situation to Linux vs. Windows. A lot of distros on Linux are actually more user friendly and easier to learn than Windows - the issue with getting people to try Linux is that they already know how to use Windows and most people hate learning new things permalink fedilink source parent [–] raptir@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Something like lemmy.world or lemm.ee will just become the "default" instance for new users. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago I think that won't be as big of an issue in time. As Lemmy grows, eventually people will be exposed to it and other services on the Fediverse and will be more likely to have an idea on how to get started, or at least find good guides. Remember that pretty much everything on computers requires some instruction at the beginning. The advantage that Reddit and other software have is that people have (and continually are) already taught how to use them. It's a similar situation to Linux vs. Windows. A lot of distros on Linux are actually more user friendly and easier to learn than Windows - the issue with getting people to try Linux is that they already know how to use Windows and most people hate learning new things permalink fedilink source parent
[–] raptir@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Something like lemmy.world or lemm.ee will just become the "default" instance for new users. permalink fedilink source parent