It's mostly bots, but so is Reddit. The real question is, how many of these are active participants and contributors who'll generate content and start communities?

[–] Ketchup@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m not a bot, I used to post on Reddit only occasionally, (I was more of a lurker) and I only accessed it through the Apollo app. I strongly believe in the concept of decentralized platforms, and Apollo made Reddit more user-friendly by streamlining the tools, and reducing the number of ads. I recently joined Lemmy a few days ago and I already feel a surge of energy from enthusiastic migrant users like myself. If I thought my increased involvement here would contribute to meaningful discussions within the community, I will try to be more engaged. I hope that the influx of reddit users, including myself, can provide the boost that Lemmy needed without overwhelming the ‘instances’ themselves.

[–] self_comprehensive@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I came here four days ago and I've been commenting and voting on everything I see. I haven't made any new posts but I've been pretty active otherwise.

[–] Dark_Blade@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Super important to make this place a viable alternative, rather than just another graveyard.

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[–] SilentSeven@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My first lemmy post. Here as a reddit refugee. Looking forward to watching a new community develop as reddit seems intent to go down the road of enshitification. I bailed on FB and Instagram as they enshitified. Reddit looks to be next.

[–] Wot_The@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

My first as well. Been on Reddit for a long enough to remember the DIGG exodus when they killed themselves. Interesting to see it happen again.

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[–] dexchemist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can anyone explain what the point is of creating an instance and filling it with bots? Seems like it just costs money and time but with no benefit? Is it for a future spam campaign?

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[–] thefloweracidic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yeehaw!

[–] sangel@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

once a few of the reddit mobile apps switch users will flood in.

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[–] brenomartins@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

This shit grows fast lol

reddit is no more

[–] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Can't wait to see this chart come July 1st and the days the follow!

[–] pannacotta__@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

While this is good, I can't help but feel that the branding of the decentralised social media ecosystem is hurting the growth a little bit. The -verse suffix, imo, is just too tainted from all the cryptobro metaverse scams and really makes this seem like some crypto scam as opposed to an alternative to the current crumbling social media platforms.

Regardless, I hope this ecosystem does take off, as it does seem useful and interesting.

[–] ToastyWaffle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You're really denouncing an entire decentralized open source eco system cause you don't like that verse is a suffix that can be used for multiple things?

Jfc.

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[–] dreadedsemi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a good thing but also might not be good if hosting costs become unsustainable. I hope we can cope.

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