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It's the classic network effect. People use it because other people use it.
by vjk800 3y ago
It's the classic network effect. People use it because other people use it.
- TX81Z 3y ago…until people stop using it because other people stopped using it. They are playing with fire.
- dryanau 3y agoReddit of all platforms should know this, having risen to prominence on the heels of Digg v4
- nomel 3y agoThere’s no viable alternative, at the moment (especially Lemmy). I fully assume this will blow over. Digg users had somewhere very obvious, already established, to go.
- TX81Z 3y agoI mean, the web is big right? There are plenty of forums people still use, maybe some big subreddit just go back that route.
- GravityisaHoax 3y agoThat's my plan. Most of the subs I visit on Reddit still have large and active forum alternatives that I'll just return to. There's only a few niche subs that will be hard to replace for me, but they're talking about moving.
- nomel 3y ago> mean, the web is big right? That’s the entire problem and why Reddit is so successful. People don’t like jumping around between topic specific websites. Discoverability is too hard.
- rafark 3y agoKind of like the kardashians?