this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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Been here 6 days and here are some of my thoughts:
Pros:
Cons:
Is it a reddit replacement? No. Reddit is too big and established (and mainstream) to be replaced in such a short period. But imho lemmy is a great alternative. Like I've mentioned before, just participating here has drastically lessened my reddit usage. It can get better. I'm excited to see there it goes.
Edit: sorry for all the typos. I'm new at using flosiboard and it doesntl't have spell check yet lol.
It blows my mind how reddit is so mainstream now, when it was such a niche corner of the web when I joined it.
Seems like the natural lifecycle of things. I'm excited to see what the next reddit is going to be
This is so true. And another thing - it really does appear to be that once something goes "mainstream" in the internet-era, it loses some of its charm that made it a special place to begin with.
Agreed. This was initially really daunting - figuring out how to get Lemmy going, but I am really liking it now!
Like you said, it's not going to be competing with the same number of users, but that's probably a good thing?