It helped me figure out how to find things on the Internet that interest me.
I’ve actually gotten an ex-boyfriend and a free dentist appointment out of Reddit, but it was because I was part of small niche groups that helped me connect with them.
It’s something I hope as Lemmy grows, it’ll bring those smaller niche groups with them as well. Otherwise, it’s one less resource I have available.
That’s the struggle at first, getting a deluge of users that keep people both entertained, AND posting content.
Unfortunately I don’t think we’ve reached that number of users yet and it throws us into a vicious cycle of losing users who were also posters.
I’m not sure how to grow it on our end, other than continuing to contribute to the communities, but I do know that if Reddit keeps following Elon’s business decisions, they may end up losing many users as well.