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Did Reddit get massive because of Digg users making a beeline towards them or were they already big before that?

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 239 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For more interesting and easily discoverable content. Really that's what people want at the end of the day.

[–] decadentrebel@lemmy.world 81 points 1 year ago

Exactly. I hate Reddit more than most people here (I'm a mod on a sub that has more than a million subscribers and felt disrespected by spez), but the fact of the matter is they're the gold standard of quality answers and discussions.

I would want Lemmy to get to that level, not immediately, but that's the dream.

[–] mecha_pope@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I want lemmy to become popular just so you can be quoted in news articles. User "fist eye mouth eye fist" wrote that...

Or just have 🤛👁️👄👁️🤜 appear in reputable news outlets.

[–] fy8d6jhegr@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

By the way why are people able to do that? I see that person's username is mojo by hovering over it but at a glance it's just emojis.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Mojo is my account name but you can change your profile name at any time in the settings so I used dumb emojis lol

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Skepticpunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago