I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

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    I think it’s probably doomed. It’ll never overtake reddit. But, it’ll be a nice, quiet, alternative.

    Why is it doomed? I think if it becomes a small alternative to reddit, it’s a win. Killing reddit was never on the table - it’s just too big and mainstream for that to happen (see Facebook and Twitter). Will it be more successful than Voat? If we can sustain the community/activity that we have now, then yes.

    Here’s a quick litmus test for all the downvoters. How many times have you gone to reddit today?

    I’ll go over that. It’s probably a week since I last went to reddit (this includes teddit and those other ways to go there). I don’t even have an account or reddit app anymore. All the reddit news I get are from here and discord. Last time i went there was to delete my accounts and use Power Delete.

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      Killing reddit was never on the table - it’s just too big and mainstream for that to happen (see Facebook and Twitter).

      Sure it is (see Digg).