Probably not. People will hang onto stuff because “everybody’s there” and “but lemmy doesn’t have enough content” 🤷♂
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chloyster@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Lol I was just about to post this. Yeah this is a decision for sure. Wouldn’t be surprised if this causes another big spike in Lemmy usage
onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 months ago
teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
I think it could be the “digg v4” of reddit. People want to use the most popular free platform. If faced with a paywall on reddit, they’ll just go somewhere else. Most likely people will go over to Threads, but maybe some will find Lemmy.
blackn1ght@feddit.uk 4 months ago
Don’t forget “it’s too complicated”
onlinepersona@programming.dev 4 months ago
“Selecting a server is too complicated”. Won’t ever understand that.
PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 4 months ago
Well probably the average Joe may not even know what a server is, not even being able to chose a server which is the best suited for him.
Gsus4@mander.xyz 4 months ago
But what if I pick the server with all the furries? 🧐
thingsiplay@beehaw.org 4 months ago
Spikes are not that interesting. In fact, hey can harm more than be useful (server problems during peak, maybe for days) if its not an organic and slow increase. The longterm conversion rate is much more important.
crusa187@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
Yep, this is good for Lemmy
GlassHalfHopeful@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
May it be so.