this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2023
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How do you feel about the massive influx of users?

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[–] MyopicTopic@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, I been waiting for this for years. I thought with the way Mastodon grew it'd eventually grow into a wider growth among the fediverse but it seems to happen in fits and starts. Glad to see people are federating too and not all dumping into just the mainline instance.

Next I'd like to see major names move off YouTube and Twitch onto decentralized platforms but that's gonna take much more to get there, unfortunately.

[–] Kurumatron@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine a site that replaces YouTube that has both the like/dislike and ratings but also feels like the golden era of YouTube. One can only dream

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

YouTube is a tough one, because it actually pays content providers. Of course, I'm all for places like Peertube gaining popularity.

[–] Kurumatron@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's probably one of the hardest to replace, but I was thinking that it could be hard because of hosting the content