I don't understand why people have expectations from a young platform like it's supposed to be the new reddit/facebook all of a sudden. I lived through the digg->reddit move and believe me, it was worse than what we see on lemmy sometimes. Let it grow and it will have a chance. Offer help when you think some communities aren't correctly moderated or when you think you have better ideas. People usually will try to help (not all the time).

[–] count_duckula@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

It maybe comes from an all or nothing mentality. I would have tremendous Schadenfreude if Reddit does indeed die, but the culture there changed and I don't really care if all of Reddit migrated here. As long as Lemmy is active enough, I am content.

[–] dogma11@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Only reason I would browse Reddit was because of the vast amount of information linked and posted to it. Given enough time and engagement from the Internet as a whole Lemmy will be bigger and better than reddit. We'll get there but it needs everybody's help.

I will say I'm already twice as active on Lemmy than I was on Reddit 🥳

[–] Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The only reason many people joined is to hurt Reddit. If Reddit persists, us being here is kind of pointless.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

People joined because they don't like Reddit. It can still exist and this can exist too.

[–] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

What's the point of "hurting" reddit if you go back after some time? It's like Stockholm syndrome, when you go back to your rapist.

Anyway, I've seen a lot of great discussions on lemmy and I hope smart people will stay here. I really don't care about how many we are, I care about the quality of the posts and discussions. And yes, I know there's a lot of shit on lemmy too, but I think I'm able to filter that shit: I learned on reddit.