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noodle@feddit.uk 9 months ago
It’s time for Lemmy devs to really think about the pain points and how to address them.
It’s clear that federation isn’t working as intended. Because of that, moderation is too difficult. Defederation has been a major drama for Lemmy, which is only being made more likely given these complaints have not been addressed.
Then there’s the curse of choice that makes gaining non-tech users a lost cause. It is leading to extreme fragmentation which makes people drift back to their busier platforms.
These issues need to be addressed or Lemmy will be MySpaced within a year.
RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 9 months ago
Lemmy is already well over 4 years on the Internet and open source.
noodle@feddit.uk 9 months ago
Neither of the two points you’ve made address what I said. Maybe you misunderstood. By “MySpaced” I mean “become irrelevant”.
Being open source won’t prevent this, sadly. 4 years is still young, but if a critical mass shifts back to Reddit then Lemmy will be considered a failure.
RoundSparrow@lemm.ee 9 months ago
you express very limited understanding of open source and how competition works. Just because Microsoft kept selling Windows and “Linux on the Desktop” never came to displace Windows, it doesn’t mean Linux was a failure. Android came along and is the biggest Linux distro ever, defeating Windows CE / Windows Mobile.