This gets posted so often, and it's always so tone deaf.
I don't want Lemmy to become Reddit. I don't care if it gets huge. I'm content now. If it grows it grows, if it doesn't it doesn't. I left Reddit - why would I want it to become that here?
this post was submitted on 20 Mar 2024
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It's a five day account, that basically became active an hour ago...
Probably the same person who just keeps making new accounts to say the same thing.
It happens weirdly often
The technocrats want nothing more then to cast FUD on to federated platforms. Mastodon worked in their favor when it meant getting people away from right wing Twitter but no doubt they'd find a reason to turn on it later. Expect news reports about harmful misinformation spreading through federated sites.
I would be surprised if the establishment wasn't doing stuff like this.
FUD
Why are people using that as an acronym now?
Is it just a crypto thing that people keep trying to make common?
I dont agree with anything you're saying, I just want to know people keep trying to make FUD happen, it's not going to happen.
FUD goes back to Microsoft during their embrace, extend, extinguish era. It was their game plan for killing open source.
I had to look it up. FEAR UNCERTAINTY DOUBT for anyone else who is feeling out of the acronym loop.
I've seen the "FUD" acronym thrown around for a while to be honest, usually in the context of highlighting misinformation.
I don't follow the crypto community though - i'm guessing they use it a lot more there for some reason?
I've heard it used for a long time.
At least since the 80s, I think it comes from that Far Side "Cat Fud" cartoon
I think you're right... Probably why I recognize the name!
The federated nature means that instances and users can break away from other instances that turn toxic. The current structure is very centered around the home instance with federation being more of an SSO that uses the page of the home instance as a client.
Do we need it to? Who are we racing?
I agree, so I downvote. Lemmy doesn't need a million users. Part of the appeal is that it's smaller and more intimate than the site which shall not be named.
The downside means fewer eyes on questions and less content on niece communities.
True, though I'm not sure how important the presence of nieces is in the overall health of Lemmy.
the presence of nieces
Well in some very specific and obscure communities centered around the issues of forbidden love situations of the familial type might benefit from it.
It's a wrong way to view it. It doesn't have to reach 1 million active users on its own. The whole point of it being federated and using ActivityPub protocol is that it CAN be compatible with any other project that shares similar values. Lemmy is still very young and missing a lot of features, but the underlying protocol makes the data portable even if functionality is not built-in yet.
People also said Mastodon will be empty after the anger about Twitter will subside, but it managed to keep it ~1 million people after its peak of 1.8m. Fediverse should grow on its own pace and not be compared to for profit social media companies. Unlike for profit companies which need a big number of people to join for investors not to leave and keep investing to stay alive since they make 0 profit, Fediverse is self-sustaining.
I don't think Lemmy needs 1M users personally, it feels pretty cosy and manageable at the moment.
I think maybe in 5 years it could if the world doesn’t end before that.
Good.
Good
woah slow down this is unpopular opinion not boring opinion
What do you think about ActivityPub?
Not with void-heads like you trolling and clogging the place up with useless bait posts.
I hate to tell you this but we don't want you here and we don't necessarily want a million, please go away.