Nice find! They’re definitely not wrong about the growing pains, we are dealing with some very raw software here still.
I found this bit quite funny, though:
All in all, Lemmy comes across as what a utopian Reddit should be. Free of corporate control, with the ability to run your instances. But unless something changes dramatically, it’ll suffer the same fate as Mastodon or Bluesky.
If Lemmy manages to reach Mastodon’s level, then that’s pretty much an absolute win, no? I’m not sure where the suffering is in that scenario 😅
Mastodon has a bit of a learning curve but once you figure it out, it’s amazing. I cringe at the thought of governments and politicians posting on Twitter and being monitored and censored by Twitter. Now they can all just create their own servers and control their own information.
Agreed! Not entirely sure what the concern is. Many of us have already switched entirely from Twitter to mastodon so if Lemmy can have its own “Mastodon moment”, that is a huge win! Maybe he’s referring to the fragmentation of platforms? (Ie mastodon and blue sky, lemmy and kbin, etc)?
In fact I am quite grateful at kbin because it means more people join because many are not wanting to join an unreddit-like UI or a piece of software owned by communists or other problems they find. Kbin is the second door you open in lemmy promotion and many bite and join 😁
I tell you, I looked at mastodon a couple of years ago, and left it almost untouched and very confused. Lemmy looks a bit better, but is still not great. I think if we want to go mainstream, we should really focus more on “join lemmy” instead of “run lemmy yourself”, but everyone and every admin has a different opinion, so it’s going to take a while.
Mastodon is extremely active. Even if you aren’t there, it’s pretty big. Nonetheless, you are right that shit needs to look very neat for mass adoption to come. Buuuut, from 1k to 240k in like 10 days is very good still :)
Nice find! They’re definitely not wrong about the growing pains, we are dealing with some very raw software here still.
I found this bit quite funny, though:
If Lemmy manages to reach Mastodon’s level, then that’s pretty much an absolute win, no? I’m not sure where the suffering is in that scenario 😅
Mastodon has a bit of a learning curve but once you figure it out, it’s amazing. I cringe at the thought of governments and politicians posting on Twitter and being monitored and censored by Twitter. Now they can all just create their own servers and control their own information.
Agreed! Not entirely sure what the concern is. Many of us have already switched entirely from Twitter to mastodon so if Lemmy can have its own “Mastodon moment”, that is a huge win! Maybe he’s referring to the fragmentation of platforms? (Ie mastodon and blue sky, lemmy and kbin, etc)?
Yeah, but fragmentation of platforms is fine in this case, because that doesn’t necessarily mean fragmentation of content.
Exactly, agreed. Wonder if the author missed the memo!
In fact I am quite grateful at kbin because it means more people join because many are not wanting to join an unreddit-like UI or a piece of software owned by communists or other problems they find. Kbin is the second door you open in lemmy promotion and many bite and join 😁
I tell you, I looked at mastodon a couple of years ago, and left it almost untouched and very confused. Lemmy looks a bit better, but is still not great. I think if we want to go mainstream, we should really focus more on “join lemmy” instead of “run lemmy yourself”, but everyone and every admin has a different opinion, so it’s going to take a while.
Mastodon is extremely active. Even if you aren’t there, it’s pretty big. Nonetheless, you are right that shit needs to look very neat for mass adoption to come. Buuuut, from 1k to 240k in like 10 days is very good still :)