Yep. It takes a ton of work and time to build a community that will attract more people who generate content.

With every shit move that Reddit pulls, it pushes more people to Lemmy. While I have zero intentions of being as active on Lemmy as I was on Reddit, I have still racked up a couple thousand comments or so over the last year. Even that interaction generates content, but it’s still only a tiny contribution.

TBH, I just shifted what kind of content I consumed. That did come at the price of doing without some types for the time being. However, the interaction with other users is generally much better here. Many people stay here on Lemmy because of that and honestly, I feel that is a much better experience.

What I am saying is that Lemmy is getting bigger, but it will probably take another five or so years to get the momentum Reddit had ten years ago. It’ll happen because it’s just a matter of time before Reddit is purely investor driven and all value is completely extracted. (It’s just like how Facebook is mostly for old people now.)