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Tbh Lemmy (and the rest of the fediverse) isn't ready for mainstream use ๐
I'm not sure I agree with that. It isn't ready to provide a first class luxury airliner experience - and that is a requirement for some, but if you're okay with a bumpy ride, Lemmy is absolutely serviceable.
Lemmy has a wild west style vibe to it. Anything is possible, and that offers excitement to many people. There was an unfortunate bug regarding hot posts that emerged while the Reddit protest is going on, but that bug has been fixed (even if the fix hasn't been rolled out everywhere yet).
That and the 'function over form' look of the default website / PWA is not beautiful, but again quite serviceable.
The social communities are in flux, due to the general expansion, but that also means there's great opportunity.
One thing that it sorely lacks is easy video upload... it might have that in the near future, but let's face it, it'll be disabled by default on all instances... just takes way too much space. And most memes nowadays are actually videos, so... no, mainstream users will never come here. And that could actually be a good thing if you think about it, it filters out users by design, not bad IMO.
that's definitely part of the excitement for me now, but will I stay here? not unless things keep updating. How is Lemmy moderated though? That wild west feel is a double edged sword and tends to turn into a cesspool on the internet before too long.
I don't think that will happen here, there is just not a big enough userbase, and I don't think there ever will be. It's just not attractive to the every day users, not flashy, no video upload, complicated to work with (cuz of federation). This will never be as mainsteram as FB, Twitter, Instagram.