If it weren’t for the blackout I:
1: Never would’ve heard of Lemmy
2: Likely not have tried it
3: Wouldn’t have had the inclination to stick around and learn
4: Started to like how Lemmy is laid out.
Neccessity is the mother of federation!
BuzzFeed and other sites might have to write their own content. So many “articles” I come across are just reposts of Reddit comments.
They could always pay the API fees and get ChatGPT to write some Reddit-like comments for them to report on.
Honestly, it wouldn’t even surprise me if they did that
I’m loving this non stop coverage of the blackout. It can’t be a good luck for investors interested in reddit
Well this article was pretty much how Reddit has become a vital part of peoples daily life, so if I were an investor I’d view this article as reason to invest.
No mention of alternatives being in the spotlight that’s a bit too bad
To be perfectly honest, Lemmy has had staggering growth regardless of the lack of media attention. And I’m not entirely certain that’s a bad thing.
Look at my home instance of lemmy.world, for example. When I joined pre-blackout, we had around 800 members. Now, two server upgrades later, we’re at nearly 18,000. If only a fraction of those newcomers stay, it’s still enough to jumpstart organic growth, even if it’s slow. And it gives us time to really develop.
Maybe that’s a glass-half-full outlook, but I’m optimistic.
Reddit often felt fragile to me. Like we have all the goods in the same basket and it’s just a matter of time before something bad happens. I’ve been here about 24 hours now and it’s starting to grow on me. Really hoping that we reach critical mass and I can truly ditch reddit.
I feel bad about all the people deleting their Reddit accounts because there’s probably so many helpful comments and posts on subreddits people look to for help and info that are just gone now
It would just be better if they transitioned over to another site in protest, but preserved helpful posts and comments
Just deleting the account keeps the comments there, though.
You gotta use one of those wipers to fully nuke your tracks. Otherwise you show as [Deleted] and the posts remain.
Wait. Why are the memes about the blackout better on twitter than here?! Or have I just not found the good communities for those kind of memes?
There are still a lot more people on twitter.
Good point. I keep forgetting that not everyone just moved here during the protests.
Give it time 😃
