While I plan on using this platform for the forseeable future - I don’t have too high hopes.
I think it will probably go the way Mastodon is going. A few weeks of being “hot”, then dropping off until it’s pretty much business as usual, as it was before being the hot new thing. Don’t get me wrong, I want Lemmy to succeed and replace reddit, but I wouldn’t bet money on it.
I’m in a similar boat. I’d argue Lemmy has had more success than the other platforms from the other times this has happened, but whether or not that equates to its longevity remains to be seen.
In truth, I’d rather have something different to Lemmy, as there’s various annoyances I’ve had and worries I have with this platform. At the same time, it’s my current best hope for a Reddit replacement, and it’s not so egregious as to be unusable.
While I plan on using this platform for the forseeable future - I don’t have too high hopes.
I think it will probably go the way Mastodon is going. A few weeks of being “hot”, then dropping off until it’s pretty much business as usual, as it was before being the hot new thing. Don’t get me wrong, I want Lemmy to succeed and replace reddit, but I wouldn’t bet money on it.
I’m in a similar boat. I’d argue Lemmy has had more success than the other platforms from the other times this has happened, but whether or not that equates to its longevity remains to be seen.
In truth, I’d rather have something different to Lemmy, as there’s various annoyances I’ve had and worries I have with this platform. At the same time, it’s my current best hope for a Reddit replacement, and it’s not so egregious as to be unusable.