I don’t see this as a problem, the media is terrible at understanding/caring about real cultural trends.
The fact that I have a better time on Lemmy than Reddit on my phone, despite the huge difference in user numbers, says it all to me.
Reddit has been seeing a meaningful and lasting decline since they decided users don’t matter, and there’s no coming back from that.
Just like Facebook has suffered a permanent user loss and failure to grow, so will Reddit. It won’t be overnight, but newer generations are increasingly tech-literate, even when they aren’t more media-literate.
I never thought Mastodon would become a place to be, despite always hoping. Never imagined a real Reddit alternative would start to form, but here I am.
Cambridge Analytica laid the foundation of general disdain for centralized social media, and Elon Musk single-handedly exhausted the public’s patience with corporate bullshit.
I think decentralized options are here to stay, and I think the only centralized platforms that will take longer to upend are video-dependant ones.
Lemmy for me is a detox from a hyperactive hyperreal world that by making itself exclusively about fun entertainment, allows one to be picked up and taken with the wind.
I don’t see this as a problem, the media is terrible at understanding/caring about real cultural trends.
The fact that I have a better time on Lemmy than Reddit on my phone, despite the huge difference in user numbers, says it all to me.
Reddit has been seeing a meaningful and lasting decline since they decided users don’t matter, and there’s no coming back from that.
Just like Facebook has suffered a permanent user loss and failure to grow, so will Reddit. It won’t be overnight, but newer generations are increasingly tech-literate, even when they aren’t more media-literate.
I never thought Mastodon would become a place to be, despite always hoping. Never imagined a real Reddit alternative would start to form, but here I am.
Cambridge Analytica laid the foundation of general disdain for centralized social media, and Elon Musk single-handedly exhausted the public’s patience with corporate bullshit.
I think decentralized options are here to stay, and I think the only centralized platforms that will take longer to upend are video-dependant ones.
All in good time.
Being underground is the best way to make sure that we can form and mature as a community.
Getting big too fast and being in focus too soon will nip our community in the bud.
Just like music. New trends trend to brew underground for years before they break out and take over from the current mainstream.
Though I would prefer that we remain under the radar. It’s more fun that way.
Lemmy for me is a detox from a hyperactive hyperreal world that by making itself exclusively about
funentertainment, allows one to be picked up and taken with the wind.