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That's the problem with changing social networks.
People goes where people are. So it takes some major scew up from the current networks. Or a newcomer that have some killer feature everybody will want / need.
And lemmy lacks that "killer feature"
Lemmy/Piefed/Etc has a killer feature (or maybe characteristic), but one that only a fraction of users find appealing. Being decentralized makes the network more resistant to many of the problems we see on Reddit and other networks, or at least, reduces their impact.
Yeah, it's not something lots of people will care about. And some eventually stops at "choosing in instance".
That killer feature is also very unappealing/confusing to the average user. Very similar to Linux in that regard
They will get it eventually it just takes time for people to realize they need to try again. That's the main issue is people are just lazy.
But I've been through multiple conversions like from slashdot to digg then to reddit and now federated. There will always be slow people that take awhile to figure out there is something better to be had.
I still go on Reddit in some cases because google seo or niche communities that are already pretty small. I mean I don't login anymore and I've replaced all of my 10,000 comments. You can definitely tell there has been a massive brain drain. I still get a chuckle when occasionally people reply to my altered comments saying "aww darn that was actually the correct answer". All my comments now point to federated communities and call out Reddits awful behavior.
Sites come on and enshitify and then people move on (I'm used to it) bit its just nice to know I might not have to do that here. It's a little annoying to manage multiple accounts with Lemmy/piefed but it also gives me a layer of redundancy. Reddit blocking mobile anonymous users has actually helped me a lot because I was hardcore addicted to reddit.