I wouldn't worry about Lemmy having as many users as reddit in the short term. Success is not just a measure of userbase. A system just needs a critical mass, a minimum number of users, to be self-perpetuating. For a reddit post that has 10k comments, most normal people only read a few dozen comments anyways. You could have half the comments on that post, and frankly the quality might go up, not down. (That said, there are many communities below that minimum critical mass at the moment.)
Lemmy is now a real alternative. When reddit imploded Lemmy wasn't fully set up to take advantage of the exodus, so a lot of users came over to the fediverse and gave up right away. There were no phone apps, the user interface was rudimentary, and communities weren't yet alive. Next time reddit screws up in a high profile way, and they will screw up, the fediverse will be ready.
Lemmy has way more potential than reddit. Reddit's leadership has always been incompetent and slow at fixing problems. The fediverse has been very responsive to user feedback in comparison.

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[–] PeleSpirit@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think one of the issues at Reddit was that if you said thanks to someone or thought they had a good idea, it was bad reddiquette. Here that culture isn't as prevalent and I it adds to the pleasantness. Maybe encourage meaningful thank yous or I agrees while adding on why you're saying thank you or I agree instead of "K" or "same." But don't shit on people that do that in the future.

edit: really bad grammar fix, still not sure. lol.

[–] Reygle@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Fantastically written. I agree.

[–] walnutwalrus@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When reddit imploded Lemmy wasn’t fully set up to take advantage of the exodus

I think it was good enough but now is better maybe

[–] Little8Lost@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

It is definetly better
I remember that the website had first that new posts pop up at the top so a user dont have to reload the page, but made with the influx of people /new very unusable because after seeing something cool i had to follow it every few seconds or open it in a new tab

[–] joseph@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Was there ever really a gap? I got fed up with reddit and came right here and am very satisfied. I don't seem to be having a problem at all.

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