I run a few groups, like @fediversenews@venera.social, mostly on Friendica. It’s okay, but Friendica resembles Facebook Groups more than Reddit. I also like the moderation options that Lemmy has.
Currently, I’m testing jerboa, which is an Android client for Lemmy. It’s in alpha, has a few hiccups, but it’s coming along nicely.
Personally, I hope the #RedditMigration sours adoption of more Fediverse server software. And I hope Mastodon users continue to interact with Lemmy and Kbin.
All that said, as a mod of a Reddit community (r/Sizz) I somewhat regret giving Reddit all that content. They have nerve charging so much for API access!
Hopefully, we can build a better version of social media that focuses on protocols, not platforms.
It’ll take a miracle for Lemmy to get anywhere near Reddit’s active user count. Convincing users to migrate to a new platform is one thing, but getting them used to the concept of federation is the tricky part. I remember when I first signed up for Matrix, and being confused when picking the domain, authentication rules, etc. for the first time.
Mastodon is on 12 million users now…
i can agree with this. I think the reason why a select few instances are growing bigger is because people don’t quite get the concept of federation yet, probably due to the fear of missing out on what others have to say outside of their instance. The main reason I joined beehaw was because it wasn’t too big, but now I am starting to realize that as long as your instance is federated to bigger ones, you basically don’t need to leave your own instance to view other communities, which is a kind of weird experience, but also kind of refreshing. I basically came into it with the fear that with decentralization I wouldn’t have access to everyone else, and everyone would be fragmented into their own communities, and those fears are partially alleviated now. There are some concerns about instances i do want to get to, like lemmygrad, but for now, I am pretty content.
Well but for me that might just be okay having a substitute for my discussion and feed scrolling needs is all I need don’t need it to be the dominant platform. Just need it to be active enough that it doesn’t die down.
As anything it’d start with the techies, the platform becomes stable and tools are developed to make onboarding easier. My intention is to replace any communities that I can replace with Lemmy. We’ll see from there. The !selfhosted@lemmy.world community is already taking off (naturally), now I am kinda hoping !Eredivisie@feddit.nl and an OSRS (2007scape) community takes off.