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Slashdot -> Fark -> Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Digg -> Reddit -> Lemmy

After experiencing the death of two "power to the people" platforms due to profit-driven VC-backed corporate meddling, here's hoping the third platform is the charm Lemmy & the fediverse.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_ 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I was on reddit before digg, but left reddit for digg until diggv4, then I went back to reddit lol. The decentralized nature of Lemmy and the fediverse seems like it will be more resistant to that sort of bullshit though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I think the difference here is that Digg and Reddit were both VC-driven companies that wanted power, and the fediverse is fundamentally different.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I don't think the Fediverse will suffer the same demise as Digg and Reddit, precisely because it's not owned by a profit-driven VC-backed corporation, but there are a couple of other serious threats to its longevity:

Moderation. If the Fediverse isn't adequately moderated, it will quickly be overrun by Nazis, pedos, and spam. That's what killed Voat and Usenet.
Funding. This isn't like IRC, where a modern server can support tens of thousands of users in its sleep. Running a system along the lines of Reddit or Twitter requires a lot of computing power, and that's expensive. Where's the money going to come from?