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Problem is reddit has the mass appeal that is missing here.
There are a dozen of useful/interesting things posted here while reddit has many times that.
Plus look at any game or other niche and you'll find much more activity for it on reddit than here.
I stopped using reddit when moving here and use it a ton less after 3rd party apps stopped working (and now mobile experience is horrific with their forcing their app)
But many search results still bring you there and for any discussions about products leads there too. Lemmy is still pretty lacking in many areas unfortunately
But you know what we do have?
Freedom. Fuck spez.
True. Fuck Spez and everyone who supported him.
Fuck spez and his comment editing.
Showing up on search results is the main advantage it has for drawing in new users. If the fediverse could show up higher in search results it'd get much more traffic.
The best thing anyone can do to fix that is comment and post.
Comments are in greater demand than posts because they drive further engagement and give posters more reason to post.
If you see a post with 0 comments, go comment on it and help the Threadiverse.