or is there another platform that is…

  • squaresinger@lemmy.world
    2·
    2 days ago

    Most popular, probably, but that doesn’t mean it’s popular. There are some old phpBB forums with more users than all of Lemmy combined.

  • rocky1138@sh.itjust.works
    91·
    3 days ago

    My guess would be redlib as the most popular. It lets you read Reddit without having to turn off your VPN or log in.

  • jqubed@lemmy.world
    36·
    4 days ago

    Along with the compatible platforms like PieFed, Mbin, Friendica, nodeBB, etc., this seems to be the biggest general-purpose with communities

  • other_cat@lemmy.zipEnglish
    112·
    3 days ago

    Not exactly the answer to the question but I do want to comment that I think a lot of people went to sites that aren’t Reddit-like if they left Reddit. My husband went to Bluesky.

      • rocky1138@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        3 days ago

        I’m actually okay with it. All of the insufferable people appear to be on bsky (all of the Twitter converts) and all the really interesting people are on Mastodon. Bsky is also full of AI slop.

      • forkDestroyer@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        Less people on Mastodon, to me, means that the Mastodon community is more purposeful across their instances. Less bloat/spam/etc

      • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
        4·
        3 days ago

        Mastodon needs a UI that better facilitates on-ramping people new to the platform. I tried it a few times and it just felt like work finding people to follow.

        Bsky on the other hand is a twitter clone and so people leaving twitter really don’t need to rework their understanding of how to use the platform.

        I don’t like Bsky though so I don’t use either of them.

        • melsaskca@lemmy.ca
          2·
          3 days ago

          “Finding people to follow” struck me as odd. Discussing interests with like-minded people or just lurking and reading smart or dumb things would be the standard, at least in my experience. Maybe your path makes more sense. I’m a bit of an introvert so I usually avoid engaging.

          • Flagstaff@programming.devEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            Discussing interests with like-minded people

            Facebook: discussing different things with friends
            Reddit: discussing the same things with strangers

          • frog_brawler@lemmy.world
            2·
            3 days ago

            I’m good with discussing interests or lurking and reading stuff that’s interesting but generally found it impeding to do either. The interface should be intuitive, and I don’t think I should have to look to an external resource to figure out how to use the app (so I didn’t).

    • Ryanmiller70@lemmy.zip
      9·
      3 days ago

      I like Bluesky a lot, but it’s more a Twitter replacement than Reddit. Harder to talk to dedicated communities for things on there. Like if want show recommendations, I’d rather go to a community/subreddit that has 92k members than asking the 80 followers I have on Bluesky (only like 10 or less aren’t bots I’m pretty sure or would even see my post) with the small chance a couple non-followers would see it and maybe comment.

  • yermaw@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    4 days ago

    Probably. I went searching specifically for reddit alternatives. Found Lemmy immediately and haven’t bothered to go looking for others. I assume many here followed the same path I did.

    We’re pretty lazy as a species.

    • IronKrill@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 days ago

      Don’t worry, I put a lot more effort into finding alternatives and still landed here.

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
    4·
    4 days ago

    I use hackernews as well but it’s more tech industry focused. Not really a replacement for reddit since there are no subreddits. It is run by a big evil company though if that gives bonus points.

  • qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    There is lobste.rs which I see in Google search sporadically, but I think that is because it favors common domains and Lemmy content is spread out over thousands of indivdual domains

    • El Barto@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      4 days ago

      lobsters is invite-only so… the definition of “reddit alternative” will vary per person in this case.

    • fin@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      4 days ago

      I don’t think lobsters is a direct alternative to Reddit since its main topic is tech-related stuff and Lemmy’s more like general-purposed. Also it’s invite only so I guess hackernews is more appropriate?

  • renegadesporkAEnglish
    8·
    4 days ago

    As far as the Fediverse goes, yes. I looked into kbin a while back, and it looked promising, but Lemmy had a huge start and it seems like kbin’s development has halted.

    • grue@lemmy.world
      10·
      4 days ago

      Considering that Lemmy and kbin/mbin (and now Piefed) federate with each other, do they really count as separate Reddit alternatives anyway? It’s just all the same Threadiverse.