• OmniGlitcher@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I heard mention of it occasionally, but that was also years after the initial move from Digg, so I can’t comment on what it was like first hand during the initial move time.

    However, I don’t think anyone viewed Reddit as a “spite site” for Digg, Reddit was around for years and was semi-popular before Digg committed suicide. It was simply the natural move.

    Lemmy on the other hand has been around for a little bit, since 2019 as far as I can tell, but a rather minimal userbase.

    Certainly if we get to the point where Lemmy (and its current userbase at minimum) sticks around for a few more years, it’ll likely largely move past the whole Reddit fiasco. But it also needs a large variety of non-reddit-related content to interest users, otherwise this site will likely die before it gets there.

    • Venutian Spring@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Digg memes were circulating on Reddit during that time. This will pass, but right now everyone is excited to be making a big change.