Possibly an unpopular opinion, but I don't think Lemmy should be viewed as "spite sites". If the entire focus of the community here is to point and laugh at Reddit's failures, rather than actually provide an adequate site's worth of unique content, people will quickly get tired of it and leave.
Of course, it's the hot topic at the moment so it's understandable, but I hope we'll move away from it at some point.
I didn’t hear mention of Digg for years
I heard mention of it occasionally, but that was also years after the initial move from Digg, so I can't comment on what it was like first hand during the initial move time.
However, I don't think anyone viewed Reddit as a "spite site" for Digg, Reddit was around for years and was semi-popular before Digg committed suicide. It was simply the natural move.
Lemmy on the other hand has been around for a little bit, since 2019 as far as I can tell, but a rather minimal userbase.
Certainly if we get to the point where Lemmy (and its current userbase at minimum) sticks around for a few more years, it'll likely largely move past the whole Reddit fiasco. But it also needs a large variety of non-reddit-related content to interest users, otherwise this site will likely die before it gets there.
Digg memes were circulating on Reddit during that time. This will pass, but right now everyone is excited to be making a big change.
There are plenty of communities where reddit doesn't really get discussed but on the catch-all/meme places, it's a topical thing right now.
I mean they keep doing stupid shit so there's still stuff to talk about but look around, dude. There's lots and lots of active conversation that has nothing to do with Reddit.
I agree I careless what is going on over there. I rather watch this site grow and see how it can be better than Reddit.
Larry David is my spirit animal.
If you think about it, Lemmy literally is all third-party apps.
Except lemmy.ml I guess
With blackjack and hookers!
I hope reddit stays up to serve as a method of containment for assholes who support Spez's bullshit.
S tier show
It's not spite, it's self respect. Meme is otherwise highly to spec.
Curb Your Enthusiasm is an amazing show. Finished the show and started watching Steinfeld. Amazing
The pettiness is timeless.
fuck you ~~Mocha Joe~~ spez!
this is gold
Love it! Keep it coming
I love curb. Dude is sharp AF.
I watched all of Seinfeld on library vhs tapes cross the country from home. Super nostalgic.
Reddit sucks. This shit is on point here so far. You are all sharp AF.
this is hilarious, lol
I love curb. Dude sharp AF.
I watched all of Seinfeld on vhs from the local library in a city across the country from home.
Which film / series is this from ?
That's from Curb Your Enthusiasm I suppose.