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.

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    How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?

    Most.

    90% of the engagement I’ve seen regarding Lemmy is “Why isn’t this Reddit and work exactly the same as Reddit? When WILL it work exactly the same as Reddit?”

    I’m already seeing hostility a la “Well I guess we’ll see if the devs LiStEn To ThIeR uSeRs” in regards to communities getting tied to a central authority, aka the thing this was explicitly designed to not do. I’ve been offloading my data and such to self hosted options for a few years now where I can anyway, so I’m down to stay, but I DO look forward to the end of the protest and the Reddit stans going home like nothing happened like they were always going to. > How many users here do you think are going to get bored and end up back on Reddit as soon as the blackout ends?

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      I like to think that Lemmy is transitioning from early adopters to First Followers (to take from this Ted talk

      If only 10% of new users stay, they start to build out new servers and communities. As Reddit continues to degrade, some (maybe even most) of those 90% will start to trickle back, creating lasting growth and widespread adoption (vs the casual tourism).

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        Just before all this blackout stuff started lining up I got a week ban for abusing reports on a report they agreed with and actioned. I’ve been pretty over Reddit anyway so here we are lets goooooo lol