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The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.
(gizmodo.com)
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this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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In my eyes Gizmodo is not seeing the big picture. The protest didn't kill reddit, but that was not a realistic outcome to begin with. However it significantly hurt reddit and helped push lemmy as an alternative. Reddit will be around for a long time, until lemmy has more widespread adaptation. It's the beginning of the end for reddit and they'll experience that with a disaster ipo
Lemmy actually feels like a viable alternative now with apps like Sync upping the experience. Seems like Reddit literally shot itself in the foot by kicking 3rd party apps to competition.
The number of folks interacting too is such a night and day difference. I dabbled in some lemmy instances before all this but never stuck around being there just wasn't much going on.
Lemmy appears to be financially stable due to user donations. Reddit relies on investors and monetizing users.
I bet, if we keep donating like we need, and the code iterates and works... this place can be hopping. I'd like quality to not suffer, but there will be more options as population increases.
Technology is just going to keep getting better, too. Running servers and storing lots of media will get cheaper and cheaper in the long run, even if there are ups and downs short-term. That means that more hobbyists will be able to run these types of services on a lower budget and less donations.
I'd love to learn there's a LemmyPi version...
I'd still want to support the larger project, but the idea of having my own, stable, federated how I want... that would be cool.
Not sure a RPi4 has what's needed, however.
Lemmy instances appear to need a lot of RAM. Sorry about the evil site link, it was the first result on Google.
A good RPi 4 could swing it as a local instance, based on that description. I'd want things locked down for security, and I'm sure the priority isn't fragmentation. Even so, were it to happen, it would be cool.
It's Lemmy, not Lenny.