Do you believe Lemmy/Mastodon can become mainstream and fully replace their centralized counterparts?

ZTabs@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 960 points –

What the title says. I think there is still a long way for that to happen but i've been hopeful. What do you think?

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Yes, but not in the way you'd think.

I think lemmy won't be easy enough to use for a vast majority of users, they'll stick to the traditional platforms.

However, I think if the hype continues for a while, and the little kinks are ironed out soon enough, it will give rise to a new, different kind of platform.

People have this idea that lemmy will replace reddit and just become Reddit 2.0. I think lemmy is still a place similar to a phoenix burning. The new bird has yet to take it's first breath, and it'll be quiet different from what we imagine or what we are used to today

@utg @nostupidquestions that’s a great way to put it. We are just starting to see what this new social media fediverse will look lol. It’s exciting!

So this is how it looks from mastodon? That's pretty rad

There's still a long journey to go through for lemmy so I'm not expecting it to be popular among people for the next 3 years. But as more and more corporate showing their stupid mindset and lash out more shenanigans, it's not unreasonable to be optimistic that people finally find and enjoy the value of the fediverse.