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Why Lemmy, Who Lemmy, How Lemmy (lemm.ee)
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I recently stumbled upon Lemmy from SimpleX github. This is my first interaction.

Why Lemmy? It seems to be an alternative to Reddit, but what sets it apart? I've explored, participated and built nodes in Nostr, which positions itself as a Twitter alternative, so I’m curious about what makes Lemmy unique and what it needs to succeed?

Who Lemmy? Like Nostr, the community here seems to define the platform. Without algorithms to shape the narrative, the vibe is driven by its users—radicals, dreamers, and wayfarers. Is that a fair read? Who else calls Lemmy home?

How Lemmy? What’s the vision here? How does Lemmy aim to change the social media landscape? Decentralization is intriguing, but what’s the endgame? Escape from algorithms is exciting but from what I see raw and unfilters humans have chaotic thoughts.

Where Lemmy? Where's the Lemmy Lobby? When folks onboard where do they go to connect? The communities Ive checked seem to have a variation of really old posts and infrequent posts. Are we that early or is this platform suffering from slow growth?

What's your perspective on the success of decentralized social media?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

you seem to be under the impression that lemmy wants to be big. i can't speak for the creators, but the vibe among users (except on .world) seems to be that not growing is preferable. changing the social media landscape? why? let people use what they want. why would there need to be an endgame?

like slashdot, digg, and reddit, lemmy is a link aggregator. the community is not the point, it is an emergent feature.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (2 children)

like slashdot, digg, and reddit, lemmy is a link aggregator. the community is not the point, it is an emergent feature.

Not sure I agree with this bit. I'm absolutely on board with everything before this...but if community wasn't the point, why have comments, profiles, direct messaging? Pretty sure community is the point.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

With you on this. Lemmy isn't a link aggregator to me, it's a ranked-threaded discussion forum, or set of fora.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

...lemmy has profiles and dms? didn't actually know that.

reddit grew those after a huge influx of users demanded them, and i've still never understood why.