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If something like this can pop up in weeks and provide all of the functionality people need, what makes Reddit valuable in the first place?
Critical mass and inertia. That’s not a product I’d want to invest in, though.
Lemmy has been around for years.
to answer your question. ability to scale to millions of users and having broad appeal.
features can be copied but scale and other non functional requirements like security takes time