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Engadget shouted out Lemmy, Kbin, and Mastodon in their Reddit coverage today: The Reddit blackout is already forcing unexpected changes (www.engadget.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dirtmayor@beehaw.org to c/news@beehaw.org

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Meanwhile, the blackout has affected Reddit in other important ways. There’s been a small, but growing push among some power users to federated Reddit alternatives like Lemmy and kbin. These decentralized platforms are still niche, and have many of the same challenges as Mastodon and other Twitter alternatives. Yet there seems to be growing interest from some corners of Reddit in recent weeks.

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[–] Rentlar@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's nice to get a bit of media coverage. I do agree with the article's assessment of "small but growing" communities, and that it consists of many power users and tech hobbyists, considering that the active user ratio overall is above 10%.

[–] Killer_Tree@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I think the key is element is that these new communities are "growing". If they can get and maintain a critical mass of users to provide enough content and interactions to remain viable, then they can continue to develop as alternatives.