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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 to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?

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[–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

I agree. Everyone is nicer here, and y'all seem older and more intelligent too. You can actually have a proper conversation on Lemmy without some idiot teenager making a dumb joke.

I also like the "Hot" sorting algorithm for comments way better than "Best" on reddit. On Lemmy, you can actually show up to a conversation late and have a chance at your top-level comment being seen, without having to resort to hijacking other people's comments. On reddit, you could forget about it once a post became popular enough to hit the front page. You'll just be shouting into the void.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    That's because it's still new and not super user friendly/a little confusing. I am still figuring things out here, but I love it because the tone and vibe remind me of the older net before it became super accessible and the unwashed masses started to outnumber the real nerds.

    I've seen it happen with many sites, boards, communities, etc. A haven is created, it becomes popular, it has a golden age, it becomes flooded with idiots/spam/bots/trash, dies, and a new place arises and the cycle starts again. I watched it happen with icq, AOL chat rooms (and AOL itself), MySpace, Facebook, reddit, YouTube...

    Some take longer than others to go through parts of the cycle, but they always do.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    One positive to this is that with each new beginning the technology has improved, and there is a richer ecosystem of features as things have been iterated on over the years. The customizability of the UI on Lemmy for example is awesome. It is a brave new world right now, and I am excited to see where the platform goes, and what cool new things we all discover together as we walk this road of building a new and hopefully vibrant community.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I know. I went through this before when Digg killed itself off and everyone migrated to the underdog, reddit.
    With everything on the web being so centralized and corporate (especially compared to 90s internet), Lemmy is a breath of fresh air... for now...

    Let's just try to enjoy what we have, while we have it.

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