I guess it’s self explanatory but I keep seeing all this stuff about how everyone is moving from Reddit to lemmy and I’m wondering if anyone knows if that’s really what’s happening. If you have numbers that’s even better.

Thanks!

  • renrenPDX@lemmy.world
    27·
    1 year ago

    It’s a small but very specific, active minority of the total reddit pie. This is why Reddit won’t go away. They have enough of a core audience that doesn’t care about how bad the official app or web page may be. It’s just good enough for them, which is all they need to scratch their reddit itch.

    Seeing growth across a few Lemmy instances over the past few weeks has been fun.

    • DudePluto@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      What’s also fun is the few times I’ve been back to reddit to look at something. Each time I ended up seeing people in the comments with just terrible attitudes. And I thought to myself, “I’m weirdly glad reddit is still around because it gives people like you a place to congregate that I can avoid.”

      • Ozz@lemmy.world
        3·
        1 year ago

        You have put into words the exact feeling I have been getting while looking at anything on Reddit recently.

        Maybe the shift I’m seeing is purely confirmation bias, but it feels like the same thing I’ve seen with Twitter, but to a lesser degree so far

        • The_Nostromo@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 year ago

          I’ve noticed reddit in general become more and more negative for years now. The majority of comments are complaining or taking a piss on something.

    • ohlaph@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      They basically trimmed the fat. Those who they weren’t monetizing are no longer using as many resources for free. They force people to use their system so they can show them ads.