BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 6 months agoHow social media's biggest user protest rocked Reddit: The Guardianwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down114
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkHow social media's biggest user protest rocked Reddit: The Guardianwww.theguardian.comBonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world to Reddit@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·6 months agoLemmy would only get mentioned if it was a serious competitor to Reddit, which it isn’t. A lot would need to change for that to happen.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·6 months agoI don’t want it to compete with reddit, but why is that the only reason it could be mentioned? Seems arbitrary
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·6 months agoThe article is about Reddit. Why else would the article mention Lemmy?
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoBecause it’s a related, relevant thing…
minus-squareHobbitFoot linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·6 months agoRelated, yes. Relevant, I don’t think so. Tech reporters aren’t going to list every competing product or service, only the big ones. Lemmy may have grown a lot, but it is nowhere near the size that Reddit was 10 years ago.
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoWhat’s the next biggest reddit competitor?
Lemmy would only get mentioned if it was a serious competitor to Reddit, which it isn’t.
A lot would need to change for that to happen.
I don’t want it to compete with reddit, but why is that the only reason it could be mentioned? Seems arbitrary
The article is about Reddit. Why else would the article mention Lemmy?
Because it’s a related, relevant thing…
Related, yes. Relevant, I don’t think so.
Tech reporters aren’t going to list every competing product or service, only the big ones. Lemmy may have grown a lot, but it is nowhere near the size that Reddit was 10 years ago.
What’s the next biggest reddit competitor?
Nextdoor, probably.
Uh ok