I’ve tried looking online but I’m not savvy enough to find a good answer. I haven’t been on Reddit since June 30, and am interested in seeing the number of people who have migrated. I know the Reddit user base is huge, so idk if it has been enough to hurt the site. Fuck spez.
Bigger than you think.
Most people who moved over are more likely to be contributors.
Only like 1% of redditors ever interact with the platform.
Instead of looking at ‘how much they lost’ think about ‘how much we gained’. This effect has started the network effect for Lemmy.
That’s the key - a relatively small number of people provided the bulk of the content and they are also the kind of power users who would have been hit hard by the API changes, so are most likely to leave.
Quality over quantity and exactly the kind of people you want to help build a new place like this.
On yeah, teenagers getting smart phones is a big piece of it. We used to joke about summer Reddit being terrible with the influx of teenagers and then summer Reddit just became the normal
Absolutely a good idea to focus on Lemmy’s gains. A viable competitor is up and running now, so Reddit will have to compete or perish.