Similar to Mastodon’s spikes last year, it seems. Anyways, there is data to think about. Source

  • @enki@lemm.ee
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    281 year ago

    Lemmy is a much closer analog to Reddit than Mastodon is for Twitter. While Mastodon has similar basic functionality to Twitter, it lacks a lot of the features that make it easy to find new content and new people to follow.

    Pair that with some very polished third-party mobile reddit apps with large, loyal followings transitioning to Lemmy and it became way easier to abandon reddit for Lemmy than it was to leave Twitter for Mastodon. I’m a huge open source supporter, but the average user doesn’t care about FOSS or open source software. They want something that looks nice and just works.

    • @callinean@lemmy.world
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      221 year ago

      the average user doesn’t care about FOSS or open source software. They want something that looks nice and just works.

      Truer words were never said.

    • @kite@lemmy.world
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      41 year ago

      I got super frustrated with Mastodon because of this. I’ve tried a couple of instances with no luck. And hilariously, I have to think that the furry folks are either having the same problem finding a home, or they are stalking me, because everywhere I move, shortly after, a ton of furries appear and do introductions. Furry stuff is not my thing, but I can appreciate how they might have a hard time finding a good place to settle.