Reddit

It will take a long time for the numbers to reflect reality. Look at Twitter, it's still chugging along and it's gotten way shittier than reddit has in the same time frame.

The quality time Reddit is really bad. And the app is trash, all ads and promoted posts, and a new feature to be like tiktok. Fkn gag me

If I was spez that's not what would concern me.

Previously Reddit was the be all and end all. Sure there was alternatives for subreddits like car forums or star trek but a generic Reddit alternative no. The goal was then to increase users from something like Facebook, increase the time on the website and maximum revenue. Maybe alternatives were tried and they failed. It was almost impossible to reach that critical mass and the websites died.

This time feels different. The number of users Reddit lost is meaningless. But the number of users the alternative gained is significantly.

If lemmy keeps growing to become an actual competitor to Reddit that changes the game entirely.

The question isn't how many users did Reddit lose it is did lemmy hit that equilibrium point to keep organic grown. It's like an exponential. If lemmy wins the way Facebook beat MySpace is not about going from half the users to 100%. It's about going from <1% to 5% or even from 0.1% to 1% whatever that mass is. Getting from 1 to 100,000 will take longer than 100,000 to 1,000,000,000

Ehh I haven't noticed any difference when I go to the site. Seems exactly the same as before.

I don't expect search numbers going down any time soon. I don't post there as much anymore but I always type "reddit" in search engines whenever I'm looking for answers. Seems like it's the only way to get search results that aren't bloated blog posts and articles.

Given that I no longer have an app, my google search for “what’s the best for x? Reddit” has gone up. I’m sure many people are still using Reddit for that vs relying on google for the answers.