this post was submitted on 05 Dec 2025
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I get there are still users but it feel empty at times compared "other" platforms.

Why isint lemmy more popular?

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[–] karashta@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Having to choose a server before you know what that means or the differences between the slightly different versions of federated networks makes it more confusing.

Yes, "it doesn't matter which server you choose," because you can see the posts from anywhere, in theory.  Except, it also kind of does matter. Places defederate from each other. If you pick a smaller instance, it may suddenly just go down and then you're back at the start again.

Honestly, I've made... 5? 6? different versions of me on different instances. Kbin went down, didn't get into Mastodon, lemm.ee went down, didn't like Mbin as much as Kbin, tried fedia.io sort of liked it, ended up largely on piefed.social, but also like being on sopuli.xyz because it's defederated from less and has more global content.

It's confusing and niche. I honestly really love it even when I kind of hate it. I end up ahead of the curve in a lot of tech news because of the hardcore enthusiasts on here.

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

after lemee.ee almost everyone dispersed, so less content overall on lemmy. plus the amount of blocking one has to do from trolls and extremists comments.

[–] blarghly@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

People want to be on social media where other people are. Lemmy isn't popular because lemmy isn't popular

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago

less peeople, less interaction, reddit has all/most categories under one roof. its essentially the kaiser permanente of "forums"

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Reddit was like this in 2009, here's a random thread from there to illustrate, 35 score, no comment votes. The years prior Reddit was even quieter despite having only one community they had to post to, before subreddits were a thing.

Give it time, promote it on Reddit if you want to !fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com, tell your friends. As far as I know we are growing slowly, it will only blast up if Reddit does something extra henious again. Though the knee-high barrier of choosing a server and learning the etiquette will take a little time.

I think it's okay as is, it doesn't have to be more popular, but if it does become more popular then I don't mind that either.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

no startup/angel/vc/pe funds to burn in advertising to capture the market.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

because at the moment Reddit is now mainstream, and reactionaries are taking over (FU spez). Therefore much of the far left and anarchists deemed "violent" by spez and Phony Stark have moved to Lemmy and Bluesky and made it their safe spaces for mostly politically-charged topics.

[–] Blaze@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

!fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com il people want to help

[–] bender223@lemmy.today 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

counterpoint, lemmy is popular enough

I'm okay with having a lot less people in lemmy if it means there less nazis and less toxicity

[–] BigTrout75@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Critical mass does what they do.

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