Great writeup. What is Lemmy's niche, I wonder?
this post was submitted on 17 Jun 2023
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Its not corporate owned , its community owned. Its distributed and all the eggs are not in one basket. There are no trackers or analytics or ads.
You can use any instance you like and any apps you like.
Well, yes, as far as software architecture goes, that's true. But, the article refers to niches more in the content and audience sense. So far, Lemmy users seem to be attempting to replicate their favorite subreddits, which the article warns won't work in the long run.
The analysis of this article maybe simple, but they bear down on a simple truth, successful online communities must be grown organically (rather than copied), and that is the only way to kill the giant that is a Reddit.