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I imagine there's excitement for the increase of activity but worries about the potential toxic side of Reddit coming along too.

I'd especially be interested in the Lemmy devs' opinions.

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[โ€“] cecirdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm new here from Reddit. I was a former Digg user. Over the past few years, Reddit has gotten swamped with spam and low quality content. I was most at home there on the niche subreddits that were still earnest and not spammy. I hope things stay that way over here.

I've made a small donation to help Lemmy grow. It's not much, but scaling up to handle the escapees is a big deal. Having the money to grow and build robust processes to keep content thoughtful and helpful is important. While I love the funny posts and memes sometimes on reddit, it's really infested the popular subreddits to the point of being excessive. Ergo, I tend to hang out in smaller spaces where the dialog is more "straight up".

[โ€“] WolfMelon@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] cecirdr@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

I went here because I could do a one time donation. I plan to see how things go and eventually set up a recurring one though.

https://opencollective.com/lemmy

I found it on the main lemmy page where you sign up for a server. It probably needs to be posted in more places, like on the communities pages. (there's a patreon site too where you can donate)