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I know Kbin will grow in time but I miss how huge Reddit was.

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[-] Haan@kbin.social 138 points 1 year ago

I don’t. I like how I can comment on something and not have it buried. Engagement is much higher here

[-] popshabang@kbin.social 56 points 1 year ago

Yeah--I constantly read about how people liked reddit back in the day, or liked digg, but don't connect it to the fact that the reason why they were better back in the day was because they were smaller and more intimate (for lack of a better word).

I'm excited for the fediverse to grow, but for me it's already reached that critical mass for it to be engaging

[-] ImDonaldDunn@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Ehh…as someone who was on Reddit and Digg back in the day, they were much larger than Lemmy currently is.

[-] DoucheAsaurus@kbin.social 14 points 1 year ago

Sure but the fediverse isn't just Lemmy. I'm commenting through kbin right now for example.

[-] parrot-party@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago

They weren't born large. Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came. The secret to growing a community is to grow a community. It all has to start somewhere and frankly, fediverse is starting with a much stronger kick start than digg and Reddit ever had.

[-] moon_matter@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came.

That makes me wonder how people would feel about copying content from other platforms using bots in order to boost some communities. Those that have <1k subscribers could use some seeding.

[-] parrot-party@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a project underway to do just that @BotIt

[-] c3VjayBteSBhc3MK@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

As someone who was on Reddit and Digg way way back in the day, there was a point where they were about the size of what Lemmy currently is.

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