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We are now at 48,859 monthly active users vs 51,172 a month ago, decline seems slow but steady. Anything we can do about it? (reddthat.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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[–] liam070@sopuli.xyz 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (13 children)

It's a flaw in the fediverse concept. Federation is great, but if you have a big server run by a freelance admin who decides to take some time off without notifying anyone people will search for a more reliable solution. Or just go back to reddit.

[–] Hypx@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Federation makes sense for a Twitter replacement. Not so much for a Reddit replacement. I get the feeling that we are at an end to the experiment. Eventually, people will realize that we cannot replace Reddit with a Fediverse based solution.

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Why not? Having a look at Hexbear and Lemmy.ml, I think they are good examples why instances are good.

Blahaj comes up as another example

[–] Hypx@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

So many instances block Hexbear and others. We are well on the path of creating separated communities, just with the added headache of having to police federation. Not to mention the problem of power users and out-of-control mods, which federation makes worse rather than solving them.

Ultimately, I think a real Reddit replacement will have to think hard about fixing the fundamental problems of this form of social media, rather than attempting to use buzzwords or cool new ideas.

[–] Blaze@reddthat.com 1 points 5 months ago

We are well on the path of creating separated communities

We might, but compared to what it was when those very distinct group of people stumbled upon each other, it wasn't really pleasant either.

A potential scenario might be a few groups of federated servers

hard left: hexbear, lemmygrad, lemmy.ml
servers that block the first group, because they think it's better: e.g. blahaj
server who will federate with everyone: lemm.ee, reddthat, etc.

And I guess it's okay. People can move their subscriptions in two clicks anyway, it's easy to change instances

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