I think there will be another surge on July 1 when 3rd party apps go offline. As submissions, activity, and moderation on reddit decline, it could lead to a larger stream of users leaving the platform and looking for an alternative. Fleshing out content and functionality in the fediverse before in advance of Reddit's death spiral feels important.

I think you really mean you miss the diversity of communities. But at the size of Reddit, the front page is just spam/clickbait. Very few people actually want that level of size. The ideal goal is something that has all of the major communities of Reddit, but we don’t really want it to be that big.

Patience you must have my young padawan.

I miss Reddit’s size… circa 2010.

It will get there. I don't think it's going to be the same as Mastodon, because on here it's actually somewhat simple to find things.

Honestly, I have had my hands full acclimating to the fediverse, bumping between instances to "try them on for size" over the last several days post-Rexxit . . . And the growth just in that short span has been exponential.

I suspect Lemmy will rival the hugeness sooner than you think.

Plus, its been kinda cool to sort by "New" to find new communities/magazines and actual quality content!

Reddit was small once. Then Digg has a seizure and Reddit grew quickly.

Now it’s Reddit having a fit and we’re seeing more people dabbling in the threadiverse. It won’t be the same pace though, it has the same challenges as Mastodon etc.. to encourage people to take a moment to understand federated decentralised Vs the monolithic services they’re used to.. but it’s going to grow. June 30th will be the next influx.

Regardless of how many people stay on Fediverse or return to Reddit, the important thing is that so many people are now aware of, and engaging with, alternatives.

That's what she said.

That's what she says.

In the last few years, Reddit has become overwhelmed with bots and trolls. Kbin and Lemmy feel more fresh because they are - it’s too soon for the negative cloud. But it will come eventually. For now, this is a million times better than Reddit.

It's not the size of th site but how you use it that matters...

Most of that size was from lurkers, OnlyFans spammers, bots, and chuds. I much prefer here, where nearly everyone is a real contributor. It feels more like how Reddit was a decade ago

One of the things I don't miss is the reposting bots. They are a big chunk of the content volume.