Although things are getting better over time. I remember when Lemmy was empty. Now there.s like 3 actively developed servers and tons of instances and actual activity. I haven’t felt the need to go back to reddit except for a vague longing for the more niche communities I’m theoretically missing out on. But for news and tech? Who needs reddit anymore
Network effects, mostly.
Although things are getting better over time. I remember when Lemmy was empty. Now there.s like 3 actively developed servers and tons of instances and actual activity. I haven’t felt the need to go back to reddit except for a vague longing for the more niche communities I’m theoretically missing out on. But for news and tech? Who needs reddit anymore