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How exactly did Reddit become a top website and what does Lemmy need to do to eventually get there? (lemmy.world)

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Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?

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[-] zerbey@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Reddit was big before the Digg migration and got bigger still. It didn't happen overnight, it took many years. Reddit also benefited from celebrities and other influencers using it to become the default site for this type of content. Lemmy's problem is there's no void to fill, Reddit took a hit from the API fiasco but it's still going strong because 99% of the users didn't care, or returned soon after. Every subreddit I was in that chose to close down has returned to normal operation, and it's not even 2 months later.

I like Lemmy, I'm going to keep coming here to see how it grows. Right now, it's not even close to being a Reddit alternative. It's barely hanging on, but I wish it the best.

[-] toolverine@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

My experience has been the communities are growing and getting more active. I'm seeing a lot of new communities with new posts in my feed as well.

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