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by codalan
1098 days ago
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Its value seems to be rapidly declining. I was on lemmy.world and lemmy.ca yesterday and was a little shocked at how many people migrated over there. I don't see how this looks good to any potential investors pre-IPO. The fact that lemmy (the software) exists makes one question how much of a moat Reddit really has. |
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What is missing are the ones that aren't.
r/Boardgamedeals/ has a moderator that has tried to say "go to lemmy.world instead" ( https://lemmy.world/c/boardgamedeals ).
However, the community didn't follow.
r/boardgamedealz was spun up and has had more activity there.
r/soloboardgaming people are slowly moving back to r/boardgames now that one player board games are more socially acceptable within the community since that sub is also restricted.
Big subs that fork to lemmy often have enough people to make it active there.
Small ones that fork and the mod leading the move have more difficulty - especially if all the mod does is moderate and doesn't do any posts.
Many subs exist as part of a greater community. For board games, that's https://www.reddit.com/r/boardgames/wiki/related_subreddits
It may have been more successful to do what Star Trek did and stand up an instance and host all things related there.
I believe that small subs that don't have enough of a core posters moving or that lack discoverability once this all dies down won't be successful on Lemmy unless they are able to have a more closely affiliated instance to find all things {broader topic}.
While it's not much of a moat, the key thing that Reddit has is discoverability. Reddit occasionally informs you about domain adjacent subs. People on subs frequently suggest domain adjacent subs where the content would also be accepted.
While we often deplore it, tools to drive engagement is what keeps Reddit running. Without solving that, discoverability is a problem on the fediverse that will hinder all but the most dedicated small groups from establishing a lasting community there.