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I don't see this as a problem, the media is terrible at understanding/caring about real cultural trends.
The fact that I have a better time on Lemmy than Reddit on my phone, despite the huge difference in user numbers, says it all to me.
Reddit has been seeing a meaningful and lasting decline since they decided users don't matter, and there's no coming back from that.
Just like Facebook has suffered a permanent user loss and failure to grow, so will Reddit. It won't be overnight, but newer generations are increasingly tech-literate, even when they aren't more media-literate.
I never thought Mastodon would become a place to be, despite always hoping. Never imagined a real Reddit alternative would start to form, but here I am.
Cambridge Analytica laid the foundation of general disdain for centralized social media, and Elon Musk single-handedly exhausted the public's patience with corporate bullshit.
I think decentralized options are here to stay, and I think the only centralized platforms that will take longer to upend are video-dependant ones.
All in good time.
To be honest Lemmy is just the right amount of content for me, and generally high quality.
It has also gotten me out of my doom scrolling habits that were causing anxiety issues. Thank God for that.
Lemmy needs moderation tools and then a big domain name. Then it'll be ready to go.
The single most important thing it needs is to send delete requests when a post is deleted from the original instance. (Either by a moderator or the user.)
And something to clean up unused files would be nice, but that can be kicked off manually for now.
Honestly I agree wholeheartedly about "just the right amount of content." It's enough for me to get a healthy smattering of interesting and confusing memes without sucking me in and letting THE SCROLL take over.
Being underground is the best way to make sure that we can form and mature as a community.
Getting big too fast and being in focus too soon will nip our community in the bud.
Just like music. New trends trend to brew underground for years before they break out and take over from the current mainstream.
Though I would prefer that we remain under the radar. It's more fun that way.
Lemmy for me is a detox from a hyperactive hyperreal world that by making itself exclusively about ~~fun~~ entertainment, allows one to be picked up and taken with the wind.
Same, I don't really care what the media thinks, I'm having a good time.