themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agoReddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappointsfinance.yahoo.comexternal-linkmessage-square364fedilinkarrow-up1842
arrow-up1842external-linkReddit stock tumbles the most on record as lack of new AI deals, US daily users metric disappointsfinance.yahoo.comthemachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 hours agomessage-square364fedilink
minus-squaremursejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agoLemmy is also nerdy as fuck. Half of what is on here is Linux/selfhosting/AI tech bro nonsense. The average person has no interest in niche tech subs.
minus-squarePasserby6497@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoMy dude, what do you think reddit was, before it was Eternal September’d?
minus-squaremajster@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 hours agoNiche subreddits were the only worthwhile thing there. Lemmy completley superseded it in terms of FOSS. Other niches can follow.
minus-squaremursejoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoI don’t disagree with you. Only time will tell if it will ever actually take off.
minus-squaregrrgyle@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoIn my experience if you start a niche community and tend to it then people will eventually come and start filling it. Not as much as on the mainstreams but still enough.
minus-squareJiggs@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 hours agoIsnt that the usual initial userbase? Your average person probably doesn’t go around trying new platforms.
Lemmy is also nerdy as fuck. Half of what is on here is Linux/selfhosting/AI tech bro nonsense. The average person has no interest in niche tech subs.
My dude, what do you think reddit was, before it was Eternal September’d?
Niche subreddits were the only worthwhile thing there. Lemmy completley superseded it in terms of FOSS. Other niches can follow.
I don’t disagree with you. Only time will tell if it will ever actually take off.
In my experience if you start a niche community and tend to it then people will eventually come and start filling it. Not as much as on the mainstreams but still enough.
Isnt that the usual initial userbase? Your average person probably doesn’t go around trying new platforms.