I don’t see Old Reddit lasting long. They’ve cut beloved features before, and they’re still calling New Reddit a “beta feature”. After they’ve pumped enough resources into developing it, I’m sure they’ll move past the “test” phase and just cut Old Reddit out entirely. That’s probably going to be Lemmy’s next big user surge.

Does Reddit suppress mentioning Lemmy? I remember for a while this past June 2023 there were a lot of auto-deletions for mentioning or linking to Lemmy. I was never clear on who was deleting things and where. I guess linking to the r/Lemmy subreddit (or a fediverse sub) could work as long as the subreddit doesn’t get banned.

  • bestonecrazy@lemmy.zipEnglish
    0·
    2 years ago

    MLMYM(it is a lemmy client that looks like reddit) They do suppress lemmy from time to time. Do not mention it in a post(comment about it instead)

    • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
      0·
      2 years ago

      I think that it will, potentially worse than the APIcalypse, even if there are less desktop than mobile users. They’d be messing with whatever was left of a sane interface, that even mobile users who don’t want the app use. And the alternatives (incl. Lemmy) aren’t just a bunch of ghost towns any more, they’d be reaching actual communities instead of a “make your own community” place.

  • Varyag@lemm.ee
    0·
    2 years ago

    I used to think I’d move if old.reddit died, but I migrated here much sooner when the whole API debacle happened, and I don’t know if many people who still care are still in there.

  • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
    0·
    2 years ago

    When Reddit ipos and it tanks. They’ll push more bad decisions. That’ll be when people start to leave.

    • someguy3@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      2 years ago

      When Reddit IPOs, hopefully mods will wonder why they’re doing free work just so spez can get rich of their backs.

      • Neuromancer@lemm.ee
        0·
        2 years ago

        I think the ipo won’t do well. I think it’s going to underperform drastically. I wouldn’t invest. Too much drama and controversy to draw my investment dollars.

        I forget which bank but they already wrote off a large part of their investment.

  • TheEntity@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    Does Lemmy need to grab more users in the first place? I’d rather interact with people genuinely interested in such a model, not salty refugees seeing it as a compromise inferior to what they lost. Nah, I’m good as we are now.

    • kubica@kbin.social
      0·
      2 years ago

      But there’s also people saying there’s not enough content here. For more content there needs to be more people.

  • Leeks@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    This can probably be modeled off the Digg to Reddit transition. Digg made a couple bad decisions in a row and Reddit exploded. Reddit is making a couple potentially bad decisions in a row, so give it a year or two and the fediverse will come around.

  • Bonehead@kbin.social
    0·
    2 years ago

    When they removed old.compact shortly before the API debacle, which was really the only way to view a relatively functional site on mobile without a constant nag popup begging you to download the app, I knew the end was near. I had started looking for alternatives at that time. Chatter about alternatives really started to ramp up around then from what I could tell. I think everyone knew what was coming. I’m not sure there will be a surge, since most people that cared likely bailed long ago. Anyone still using old.reddit is viewing it from a desktop, and probably already has a Lemmy account.

    The battle is already over. Reddit just needs to get to IPO so Spez can cash out with more than he got the first time. Then it’s someone else’s problem.

  • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
    0·
    2 years ago

    We could organise something to advertise Lemmy in Reddit, but I think that organic word-of-mouth is a better approach.

    Instead we should make sure that the Lemmy experience is as good as possible. (Plus it benefits us “older” users regardless of any potential migration.)