I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

  • petrescatraian@libranet.de
    1·
    1 year ago

    @zeppo@lemmy.world wrote:

    being composed mainly of people from communities that were kicked off Reddit for breaking rules about hate speech and violence

    Few people know that Lemmy was also created by people kicked off from Reddit for breaking rules on hate speech and violence. And racism.

    Yet, indeed. The ability for you to set up a website for just about anything and have all the communities you like, is super cool. And it will clearly give Lemmy an upper hand in this.

    @ilex

    • zeppo@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      The nice thing about this system is unlike a single website, we don’t have to worry about specific individuals in the same way. I can picture Lemmy ending up with 2-3 major networks and several smaller ones that operate as independent entities.