As Reddit melts down, users are fleeing to lemmy, kbin, tildes and more.

As Reddit melts down, users are fleeing to lemmy, kbin, tildes and more.

    • cyberian_khatru@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      It says it’s not so much a replacement, but rather you might want to use it if you want to follow a particular community irrespective of the platform/format. For example, right now there are several games whose communities are more active on discord servers than any of the other mentioned websites including reddit.

      • BobQuasit@kbin.social
        8·
        1 year ago

        Except communities on Discord aren’t search-engine-facing, so they’re a complete dead end. Nobody can discover useful information there unless they are already members of that particular community. It’s the “walled garden” effect.

    • ThunderTenTronckh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Discords can create their own forums, with static posts people can respond to in dedicated comment chains. I think the potential is there, but discovering discords you want to join is currently very difficult.

      • legion@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        “immediate responses” is the problem. Chat discussions are very different in nature from forum-type communities. Often a lot more noisy and a lot less substantive.

          • PixxlMan@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            It’s also unsearchable from any search engine, becoming a black hole for information etc… Unfortunately

            • dangblingus@lemmy.worldEnglish
              01·
              1 year ago

              Not true. You search the discord server you want to join, follow the invite link, and boom, you’re in the server. Start talking to people, ask the community questions, and receive immediate response. If it’s not what you’re looking for, it’s easy to leave the server. Reddit isn’t popular solely because it’s posts appear on google search results.