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How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I don't mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I'm curious about people's outlook on this situation.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I'm probably going to be on both.

It was pretty surprising how easy it was to create an account and a not-to-bad feed. All of the communities I like don't yet exist on lemmy, but there's nothing preventing them from starting up, and the structure is very good.

Reddit has already created a permanent scar in it's user base. This event has seeded a minority of users on lemmy/kbin/whatever. And there will be more again on July 1 when the various 3rd party apps stop working.

Even if reddit just stops there and doesn't do anymore detrimental things to it's user base that scar is permanent. There's enough users on here now to be self-sustaining for a few small communities at least. And anytime in the future that reddit pulls some shit - which given their corporate structure, it looks like they will - more users are going to look for alternatives and many will end up here.

For someone like me - that'll just mean more time here and less time on reddit, until eventually it'll be only on here - just like Digg, just like Fark, just like all the other ones.