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Why Does Nobody Use Lemmy? (byte21516.xyz)
submitted 1 week ago by squirrel@cake.kobel.fyi to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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This is not going to be a blogpost about "Why do people still use Reddit instead of everyone moving to Lemmy?". I noticed that even with Mastodon users, who already understand and like the advantages of decentralized platforms, the usage of Lemmy is extremely small, and more people use Reddit. Most of them haven't even heard of Lemmy. To be fair, the Reddit usage also seems to be fairly low.

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[-] angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

I really don't know why I'm still here, because I'm not a miserable asshole, at least not in the way that makes you enjoy being around Lemmy's userbase.

I want the technology to succeed but it feels like a victim of who's likely to even be interested.

[-] im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 1 points 1 week ago

Yeah.

I don't really think I'm an asshole but I'm certainly unhappy.

Misery loves company as they say.

I think I'm here because I crave the dopamine, but am not willing to log in to reddit or whatever else.

Basically it's the best option from a range of bad options.

this post was submitted on 04 Oct 2026
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