or is there another platform that is…
Most popular, probably, but that doesn’t mean it’s popular. There are some old phpBB forums with more users than all of Lemmy combined.
My guess would be redlib as the most popular. It lets you read Reddit without having to turn off your VPN or log in.
I wouldn’t really consider that an alternative but that is probably more popular than lemmy
Along with the compatible platforms like PieFed, Mbin, Friendica, nodeBB, etc., this seems to be the biggest general-purpose with communities
I couldn’t figure Friendica out. I’ll see myself out.
It’s nice that we can all work together. And the networking effect helps out quite a bit. We are not in competition, we are a collaboration.
the fediverse is the most popular reddit alternative.
the individual platforms, like lemmy, are a part of an ecosystem.
I know you rehearsed this and everything but I don’t think it quite fits
Sure it does - it doesn’t really make sense to separate Lemmy, Piefed, and Mbin as separate Reddit alternatives, since you can generally access the same stuff from all three of them. Although arguably it would make sense to say “the threadiverse” since most of the other fediverse software isn’t really Reddit-like.
That’s the distinction I would draw. Mastodon is not a Reddit work-alike.
maybe we could also say lemmy+fediverse, like we say GNU+Linux
eyy thats a good call on the threadiverse bit… lemmy is missing half the content
lemmy, mbin, piefed all aggregate the same stuff and its all reddit like. people make places to discuss particular things.
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For sure. If you check out the subreddit for alternatives it’s basically: posts advertising Lemmy, posts complaining about Lemmy, and posts for new alternatives with like 5 users, typically by the founder who appears to be engaged in some get-rich quick scheme.
Oh and people who for some reason buy the BS from Digg.
I confess, I’ve been cautiously optimistic about the new old Digg. What’s BS about it in your view?
Another corporate platform whose goal is to make its owners rich. It might look good in the early days when they need to attract users, but once they gain dominance, they will start to extract more and more value from you, just like Reddit is doing. And if they don’t reach that critical mass of users, it will simply fail. There is simply no pathway for a healthy, sustainable platform under corporate ownership.
The nature of walled gardens greatly limits user bargaining power, allowing owners greater latitude in abusing their users. This is why the fediverse is a much better model. And why I’m here even though I think the Lemmy developers are just as despicable as the people who started Reddit and Digg.
You can move to PieFed or mbin and still access the same content, without using tankie software.
I like my instance, which I understand is working on a migration to PieFed eventually.
The fediverse is your alternative, particularly Lemmy and PieFed. Welcome.
I think digg is poised to come back? I looked but they only have an iOS app for some reason.
That would be kinda funny lol
I hope I can remember my password.
The most popular Reddit alternative is day drinking and screaming racist abuse at passers by on the street.
You don’t even have to register!
I’m in
I like Mbin but Lemmy is probably more popular.
I prefer PieFed, it’s growing a lot and shares content with Lemmy and mbin.
Is there a way to migrate a Lemmy account to it?
You can export your Lemmy preferences and subscriptions, then create new account at piefed and import the Lemmy stuff.
What app do you use for piefed?
Voyager on android, which is kind of beta-ish, but works good enough. And default web UI which I really like on desktop PC. The only feature I miss in Voyager so far is that “aggregated” threads on desktop, which is an awesome feature.
Not exactly the answer to the question but I do want to comment that I think a lot of people went to sites that aren’t Reddit-like if they left Reddit. My husband went to Bluesky.
I like Bluesky a lot, but it’s more a Twitter replacement than Reddit. Harder to talk to dedicated communities for things on there. Like if want show recommendations, I’d rather go to a community/subreddit that has 92k members than asking the 80 followers I have on Bluesky (only like 10 or less aren’t bots I’m pretty sure or would even see my post) with the small chance a couple non-followers would see it and maybe comment.
I’m pissed that so many people went to Bluesky instead of Mastodon
I’m actually okay with it. All of the insufferable people appear to be on bsky (all of the Twitter converts) and all the really interesting people are on Mastodon. Bsky is also full of AI slop.
Mastodon needs a UI that better facilitates on-ramping people new to the platform. I tried it a few times and it just felt like work finding people to follow.
Bsky on the other hand is a twitter clone and so people leaving twitter really don’t need to rework their understanding of how to use the platform.
I don’t like Bsky though so I don’t use either of them.
“Finding people to follow” struck me as odd. Discussing interests with like-minded people or just lurking and reading smart or dumb things would be the standard, at least in my experience. Maybe your path makes more sense. I’m a bit of an introvert so I usually avoid engaging.
Discussing interests with like-minded people
Facebook: discussing different things with friends
Reddit: discussing the same things with strangersI’m good with discussing interests or lurking and reading stuff that’s interesting but generally found it impeding to do either. The interface should be intuitive, and I don’t think I should have to look to an external resource to figure out how to use the app (so I didn’t).
I’ve looked on and off for a couple years now and Lemmy has the most momentum that I’ve seen.
I use hackernews as well but it’s more tech industry focused. Not really a replacement for reddit since there are no subreddits. It is run by a big evil company though if that gives bonus points.
There is lobste.rs which I see in Google search sporadically, but I think that is because it favors common domains and Lemmy content is spread out over thousands of indivdual domains
I don’t think lobsters is a direct alternative to Reddit since its main topic is tech-related stuff and Lemmy’s more like general-purposed. Also it’s invite only so I guess hackernews is more appropriate?
lobsters is invite-only so… the definition of “reddit alternative” will vary per person in this case.
