• OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Founded in 2005 by web developer Steve Huffman and entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian, Reddit became best known for its niche discussion groups and its users voting “up” or “down” on the content posted by other members.

    Disgraceful, disgusting, lying scum. Say his name: Aaron Swartz

    • Troy@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      Yes. Best thing we can do is be ready (from a tech perspective) and welcoming (from a human perspective). They’ll come or they won’t.

      Compared to summer, Lemmy now has thousands more users, hundreds of active communities (no where near Reddit yet on niche subjects), actual made-on-lemmy content in a bunch of places, and a bunch of apps that mostly have the bugs worked out. It’s probably fair more appealing now to join than it was in summer.

      We still have roadblocks: general confusion about federation (the email analogy seems to be working best), difficulty properly explaining how to sign up, a harder time finding communities, and it’s impossible to migrate between instances without starting fresh.

      • OpenStars@startrek.websiteEnglish
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        10 months ago

        All those toxic Redditors coming here… I hope we can manage to significantly beef up the mod tools before then.