• thethirdobject@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I know this comment could receive some negative feedback, but Lemmy lacks diversity in its userbase, compared to Reddit (or Tumblr in the old times). It’s just a feeling, when I scroll through comments and posts on Lemmy, I picture most of the users as 16-46 yo white males.

    EDIT: changed “45” to “46”, see comment below.

  • Nobody@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I was looking for a Reddit alternative for years. I would have been cool with anything non-corporate, but figured it would take ages to build.

    It’s incredible what Lemmy has turned into so quickly. A Reddit alternative went from being impossible to actually existing within a matter of weeks.

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    11 months ago

    While Lemmy is gradually growing and the whole federation is a pretty good concept too I have one question about lemmy and it’s future.

    1. Since it’s just two devs maintaining the whole project (I know there are many open source contributors but the project is on them right?) what if they get tired of the project or go MIA? Can a fork be made and that can be maintained as a replacement of lemmy?

    2. How are and will be the SEO of the lemmy’s instances? Reddit reached a wide audience due to that. It’s nice to have a niche set of audience at the start but that should not be the case forever right?