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.
We’re not in 2016 man, people are now used to the platforms having image and video upload 🤷. If they don’t have that, they tend to look away. Uploading to 3rd party hosting is for advanced user, not your every day Joe.
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.
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.
Reddit didn’t even support image uploads until, what, 2016? That didn’t hold it back. It’s why imgur came to exist, in fact.
We’re not in 2016 man, people are now used to the platforms having image and video upload 🤷. If they don’t have that, they tend to look away. Uploading to 3rd party hosting is for advanced user, not your every day Joe.
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.