Sad to see almost none of the devs, from (mastodon.social)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Sad to see almost none of the devs, from
Apollor (ChristianSelig), RIF (u/talklittle), Infinity (u/Hostilenemy),
Boost (rmayayo), BaconReader, to Relay (u/DBrady), etc. are not considering Lemmy at all.

I know these were hobbies but by atleast developing it for some time just to make transition for your audience to Lemmy easier would have gone a long way!

@lemmy @LemmyDev Lemmy will remain a niche platform if not enough people switch to it

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[-] [email protected] 73 points 2 years ago

I really don’t think they owe people a Lemmy App. Hell, this platform might even be dead in a couple of months.

Lots of people are making Lemmy apps, so there’s no real need for them to make one as well. The entire platform is a work in progress and there are a number of apps available, so just be patient and eventually they’ll be refined and ready.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

We are one centralised and pretty Reddit alternative away from people flocking to it.

As swanky as it sounds, I doubt fediverse with all its quirks, bugs, instability, confusion etc. will be able to sustain or even gain mass adoption.

I want this to be false, but we have Mastodon as an example and it ain’t getting the traction it needs to replace or even properly compete with Twitter. Especially not once BlueSky opens up, assuming it will happen.

[-] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

I think having 100M+ users as a goal is unsustainable and unrealistic. I'm quite happy with where we're at, and optimistic about where we're going. If growth in the fediverse continues, we'll be ok.

My feed on Mastodon already moves quicker than I could ever keep up with.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I just hope we won’t end up having what used to be Reddit (or Twitter) fragmented across 10 different platforms. That would definitely suck :/

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

With apps it's not too bad. Liftoff already makes it fairly seemless (not perfect, but it's still in early development)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I still argue that the pre-reddit/digg days where different communities had there own forums and sites was healthier and more diverse.

Homogeneous != Better

The fediverse is a nice middle ground. You can still have diverse communities but, for the most part, interact with them through one pane of glass.

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