• db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 months ago

    The growth in 2025 has been staggering, ngl. And this is the kind of thing which converts from a trickle to a tsunami very quickly. It never happens with one shock. But a consistent amount of enshittification shocks. Reddit’s desperate struggle for profitability practically ensures those will keep happening, so this is all inevitable at this point. The only thing that is uncertain is whether digg can recapture the fleeing masses who are not cognizant of the dangers of corporate vc-backed enshittification yet, like bluesky did to Twitter.

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      2 months ago

      But a consistent amount of enshittification shocks

      I think the proper term is enshittification sharts

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      2 months ago

      The user growth we’re seeomg could result in an overwhelming flood of users at anytime. Which is why people should consider supporting the lemmy devs and instance admins either financially or through contributions so that the lemmy software and infrastructure is ready to handle the growth.

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          2 months ago

          The difference is the way it is run. You got it. And if one day Midwest.social starts doing things you hate and treating it’s users like crap, then come on over to lemmy.world or lemmy.ca, or one if the other thousands instances.

          People hosting the database are not the owners of the platform unlike Reddit. They get to tell us how we can use it just because they host the database.

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            2 months ago

            I’ve already moved at least once and have been very happy it was as easy as it is.

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              2 months ago

              I’ve never moved, but I assume you just create a new account and start over. Or is there more you can do?

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                2 months ago

                it’s possible to migrate your subs on lemmy

                it’s possible to both migrate your subs and make a redirect on mastodon for followers, but the redirect requires the old server to remain in service.