That's it? Wow, a lot fewer people were upset about the loss of 3rd party apps than I thought. We need to add at least 3 more zeroes to that number if this place stands a chance at taking down reddit.

[–] Dnn@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (8 children)

Oh, many more were upset - just too lazy to inconvenience themselves with switching platforms.

[–] hightrix@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (7 children)

I’d say this is only half of the answer.

After browsing Lemmy for a while, you get the sense that the average user here is the type that gets upset about a social media company making changes to an API. That is a very specific type of person and you can see it in the comments.

I’d guess people get turned off by that type of person and leave.

I come here once Reddit and hacker news content is old. This isn’t a place I’d recommend to anyone, unfortunately. There are extremely strong biases all over and deep echo chambers. Users here seem like the perpetually online type. Most perspectives I’ve seen have been heavily influenced by online discourse rather than reality.

I visit this site less and less due to the user base.

[–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 13 points 8 months ago

The perpetually online type is on Mastodon.
Here on Lemmy are the people who disconnected from social media, block or boycott 95% of today's internet and self-host matrix servers to discuss about self-hosting matrix servers.

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