Comment on I have a bunch of questions: Whats the best way to get this platform's feed to compete with reddit?

• SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Then this place would be just as infested with bots, paid actors, and government agents trying to shape the narrative. No thanks.

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• CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Most people here do not give a shit about Reddit anymore and frankly are tired of hearing about it. We really don’t want the dregs of Reddit coming over here. We got most of the good people when the API bullshit started 2 years ago, and that’s why this place is great. We don’t want to become what we left behind.

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  • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Take down Reddit ≠ turn into Reddit

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    • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yeah the thing is we don’t want that either. We just don’t care. We see these posts every time there’s a sizable Reddit emigration. I’m not shitting on you, just telling you that you won’t find a lot of interest in that topic here.

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    • WeirdGoesPro@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Making the mission be about taking down Reddit gives Reddit a lot of power and credit. Focusing on making an open future for social media creates a new path forward while treating Reddit like what it is—yesterday’s platform.

      There will be people who want to stick with the old platform—just look at boomers and Facebook. That’s ok—if we play our cards right, we will be gaining young users while the older demographic shrinks on Reddit.

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      • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        They’re still multigenerational; Reddit captures lots of Gen Z members, and I’ve also seen people self-proclaimed as being in their 60s on here.

        Regardless, the most important thing is to generate decent content. On my end, I’ve been doing what I like the most, which is making communities of topics that I think merit them.

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• floo@retrolemmy.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  If anything takes out Reddit, it will be Reddit itself

  People around here have better things to do

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  • SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    …we do???

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    • MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I mean… I do. Doesn’t mean I’m doing them, though.

      keeps scrolling

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    • AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I dunno about you, but I’m here because I have better things to do that I’m pretending don’t exist

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  • arakhis_@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I hope it ends up being flipped upside down for profit like the Meta platforms.

    It’s all small video posts although their essence was connecting with friends and exhibiting pictures/memory/photography. Now these use cases are actively changed into smartphone zombie habits through their UX.

    I hope reddit will follow the same fate and this platform here will be the new forums-for-everyone and all the useful questions will be found through fediverse when entering your hyper specific search engine request

    But currently I haven’t found my communities yet and most of which are kinda inactive. Some having only a monthly post, others even none at all

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    • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I haven’t found my communities yet and most of which are kinda inactive. Some having only a monthly post, others even none at all

      Interestingly enough, I made a post in a community that hadn’t had any posts in months, yet it racked up dozens of comments in just a day or two. People are generally more reactive than proactive, which is why content creators reign.

      Obviously, you don’t have to be a full-on influencer, but people may be more receptive than you think if you just make some posts from time to time—especially if they’re open-ended questions.

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      • arakhis_@feddit.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I just posted what I’d ask you too here

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• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No one can speak for everyone else, but I personally would prefer reddit remains the main stream aggregator and lemmy can just rumble along.

  I’d love to see lemmy mature and evolve and be awesome but IMO it’s a mistake to think that attracting reddit users is the way to achieve that.

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  • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    True, fair!

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