▲ 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?
[–] nomadjoanne@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) I assume this is a larger theme across the Fediverse? Could you expand on what causes the massive bandwidth needs? I'm have a vague idea but I'd be very curious to know. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago If a user of an instance subscribes to content from another instance, their home instance is pulling, storing and sharing that content. With more and more instances, more time will be spent on sharing that content. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 years ago If a user of an instance subscribes to content from another instance, their home instance is pulling, storing and sharing that content. With more and more instances, more time will be spent on sharing that content. permalink fedilink source parent