I know Kbin will grow in time but I miss how huge Reddit was.

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    Yeah–I constantly read about how people liked reddit back in the day, or liked digg, but don’t connect it to the fact that the reason why they were better back in the day was because they were smaller and more intimate (for lack of a better word).

    I’m excited for the fediverse to grow, but for me it’s already reached that critical mass for it to be engaging

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      1 year ago

      That intimacy was still available on Reddit, but you needed to dig into the niche subs to find it. Commenting on large subs was definitely a cup of water in the ocean feeling.

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        They weren’t born large. Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came. The secret to growing a community is to grow a community. It all has to start somewhere and frankly, fediverse is starting with a much stronger kick start than digg and Reddit ever had.

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          Reddit was seeded with content by the developers before the users came.

          That makes me wonder how people would feel about copying content from other platforms using bots in order to boost some communities. Those that have <1k subscribers could use some seeding.

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        As someone who was on Reddit and Digg way way back in the day, there was a point where they were about the size of what Lemmy currently is.