I’d like to see fedi software evolve past just cloning twitter and reddit into more diverse offerings, like forums
Comment on Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying.
notanapple@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Subreddits were not a problem before since they were accessible on the web without needing an account. But now reddit is gradually locking them down behind authwalls and things like not letting search engines index (other than Google).
Lemmy communities dont have this problem and because lemmy is federated, its resistant to such enshittification (plus you can easily create your own lemmy instance for only your team). So imo they are a good alternative to forums (and reddit) and a good solution to this problem.
fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
What can we do to get more people to switch over to Lemmy from Reddit?
balssh@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I guess once more and more content is posted here, naturally more people will come. And also any further steps of reddit enthitiffication will move people over.
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Can we actively do something to help this process?
turdburglar@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
yes. do what i’ve been doing. tell your irl acquaintances about the fediverse. tell them about the lack of algorithm and the lack of ads. tell them about the lack of billionaires farming you and yours for data.
PlzGivHugs@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
The main thing is post more. Lack of content is the main reason people don’t use Lemmy more, and the only way to fix this is to share/produce more.
Its a bit of an unpopular opinion, but I think even (transparent, community-relevant) bots are a good idea at this point, given that 99% of interests have little to no activity currently. For example, if we had bots that post game update changelogs to their relevant communities, it would at least provide a baseline amount of content and make it easier to discuss for fans of those games.
Dil@is.hardlywork.ing 5 weeks ago
post, comment, I keep seeing nonfedrrated options pop up because they know ppl are tired of stuff like reddit and are trying to grab ppl
RobotToaster@mander.xyz 5 weeks ago
Some forum software is starting to support activitypub with plugins. If they add the plugin then you can follow and interact with the forum from Lemmy. The best option for everyone is to start pestering forum admins to add those plugins so they get users and Lemmy gets more content.
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
That sounds like an awesome idea! I’m sure that many forum owners don’t even know that they can federate.
JujiFruit@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I found Lenny because someone posted about it on reddit
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Awesome! What was the post and what convinced you?
JujiFruit@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I honestly don’t remember exactly but I think people were complaining about Reddit’s trajectory and someone mentioned lemmy voyager and I download it immediately.
Babalugats@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Start copying as many of the top searches that bring people to Reddit. Have them answered here, possibly in more detail, or maybe copy paste.
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
That’s a great idea!
PanArab@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
More Lemmy posts in search results
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Awesome. Let’s do that! :)
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
!fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
tfm@europe.pub 5 weeks ago
Some good stuff there. Thanks!
Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Happy to help.
There’s also !fedigrow@lemm.ee about community growing (so more internal than external growth). Happy to discuss there as well.