I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

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      Ok, now let’s ask the 99.9% of Redditors that aren’t here. You take the left 25,000,000, I’ll take the right, meet back in 5. Go!

      edit: Oh man, I’m out of breath. We might need help. How about every single lemmy user helps us! That’s only about 1,300 people we each have to ask! Well, 1,299 for me. At 4 seconds each, that’s should only be about 1.5 hours. See you all soon!

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        What are you on about? Yeah obviously people still visit Reddit, it was stupid of you to ask in the first place. I thought this kind of idiocy would’ve stayed at Reddit.

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        Should we care that other people still use reddit?

        Do you have to chose one or the other?

        Why are people so hell bent to “take over” Reddit?

        I found an alternative in Kbin and Lemmy that suits my needs and focuses on user experience and growing communities instead of growing the pockets of a handful of people.

        I decide to not use Reddit anymore because the upper echelon can go fuck themselves.

        Is it so weird to have a set of values and stop using a service/product, because they cross the boundaries one has set for themselves?

        I have used Reddit for more than a decade and I haven’t missed it all.

        I am here because I enjoy it and not because I have a deeper desire for Reddit to evaporate out of nowhere.

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          I think most of the answers to your questions can be answered by the question that this comment section is responding to, to understand the framing that I’m commenting in:

          What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

          But, this is the first and last Reddit related thread that I plan on participating in, so I’ll be cheering with you, if we ever get the miracle of reddit evaporating. Although, I would be worried where they would all end up.