I don’t mean to be pessimistic, bit since most subreddits are only going dark for a couple days, the site will basically be back to normal soon. I wonder how many users here are only here because of temporary outrage and not because they actually prefer Lemmy. I’m curious about people’s outlook on this situation.

/s

Edit: Wow this blew up!

Edit 2: Thanks for the gold kind stranger!

Edit 3: RIP my inbox! I can’t believe this made /r/all!

Edit 4: We did it Reddit! Lemmy!

  • TheYang
    7·
    1 year ago

    Well, a lot will go back, but it’s also a question of who will go back.
    wasn’t reddit something like a 99% / 1% / .1% distribution?
    Most people just read, some comment, a tiny percentage contributes.

    If the power users, the contributors, moderators, and even some of the commenters would stay, the readers would stop at some point too, because there is no (good) new content.

    • Azzu@feddit.de
      11·
      1 year ago

      Many contributers contribute so they see the number of their post go up. I assume most of these people like the number more than they care about moral issues.

      So I think that many will go back/stay at reddit, since it gives bigger numbers. However, I’d much rather have content that arrives here, because the people that will make content here are just better people, so I’m sure I will like the content more.