The problem is, you won't get the sort of compatibility you enjoy now any more. So many different applications, phone keyboards etc support gfycat and that's where all the content is.

They won't support dozens of disparate led popular services spread across the internet.

Those services are also likely to be less reliable, less well moderated for offensive/illegal content and such, and more likely to randomly disappear.

Like why Reddit was such a success, I want stability. I want one, reliable, centralised place I can go for everything.

Another concern I have, considering Lemmy specifically, is hacking of their infrastructure. Is my Lemmy account data as secure as my Reddit account? No. The software isn't as secure, and the security teams are non existent, it's just a guy (a wonderful guy!) hosting this as a hobby.

And even if one server does get a proper tech security team, that's just one server.

There's also the question of WHO is hosting a Lemmy instance being used, are they trustworthy? Are they being independently audited? Have they been found in compliance with GDPR? Are they secretly selling our data? Could be, who knows.

For all the awful things that come with a big company like Reddit, there's more scrutiny, accountability, etc.

I don't mean to diss Lemmy, I'm really really hopeful for it. I just have a lot of early concerns, things they'll have to solve before I can really see it being the trustworthy, solid cornerstone of the internet I'd like it to be.