At least in terms of the communities popping up. A lot of them (even ones I made), are just the Lemmy version of Reddit subs. Is that a good/bad thing? Time will tell, but at the moment I think it’s kinda funny of what’s happening.
To frame it a different way, there was nothing special about Reddit except the community, and that community can live anywhere.
What’s funny is not that a community migrated, because we’ve seen communities migrate before. But what’s funny is that the Reddit administrators didn’t expect it or don’t care.
Imagine working in a factory and telling your truck drivers, who you depend on to get product to stores, to take a hike.
That’s what scummy bosses like to do, and then they act shocked when workers call their bluff.
(shoutout to the /c/workreform@lemmy.world community here haha)
Clicked on that link twice. Both times Jerboa crashed. 😂
Good thing, personally, there is nothing wrong with reddit itself other than management, UI, and mods being abusive, permanently online types. And that can move anywhere.
I feel like there’s very little to be lost from having more niche hobby communities, at least. Those were the thing I used Reddit for the most, and I feel that they were generally non-toxic.
A lot of the new people coming to Lemmy are (ex) Reddit users. It’s normal that they want communities that have the same names as what they are familiar with.
Look at Ellis Island in New York. People from all over the world came through it and now you have neighborhoods from all over the world in New York. People like what’s familiar, especially when they have to move somewhere else.
That’s fair. Still an interesting thing to see when it happens. That and what forms of evolution will Lemmy take to grow beyond just Reddit refugees, once the equivalent of multigenerational citizens take over?
Also 1 July and the death of 3rd party apps hasn’t happened yet.
I have created a Lemmy account - obviously - but I am still desperately clinging to RIF.
I’ll go down with the RIF ship.
O captain, my captain… :'((
I don’t even think it’s about the names. It’s just about the subjects. If you enjoyed a subreddit for your favourite game, you probably want to continue having a place to discuss that game. And because subreddits generally have pretty obvious, intuitive names, the name on here will also often end up being the same.
People are just rushing in to fill the void left by leaving reddit. Remaking an existing subreddit is the lowest fruit to pick.
