Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?

    • decadentrebel@lemmy.worldOP
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      1 year ago

      Exactly. I hate Reddit more than most people here (I’m a mod on a sub that has more than a million subscribers and felt disrespected by spez), but the fact of the matter is they’re the gold standard of quality answers and discussions.

      I would want Lemmy to get to that level, not immediately, but that’s the dream.

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      1 year ago

      I want lemmy to become popular just so you can be quoted in news articles. User “fist eye mouth eye fist” wrote that…

      Or just have 🤛👁️👄👁️🤜 appear in reputable news outlets.

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        1 year ago

        By the way why are people able to do that? I see that person’s username is mojo by hovering over it but at a glance it’s just emojis.

        • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.ee
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          1 year ago

          Mojo is my account name but you can change your profile name at any time in the settings so I used dumb emojis lol