I don’t remember what caused the Voat’s origin, except it involved Reddit HQ. And then it went under in 2020.

What’s different about this time and with Lemmy to make it a feasible alternative to Reddit? Is it random chance?

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    Lemming. They’re like giant hamster or small woodchucks. Rodents.

    Famous for group suicides.

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        I think it’s because even if a bunch of instances follow each other off a cliff, there’s still going to be plenty who didn’t join that group that will survive.

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          Huh, I guess the survival part just isn’t really what I would associate with lemmings, it’s the following each other blindly part (even if it turned out to be the result of a fake documentary).

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            I thought it was a Motorhead thing.

            If you like to gamble, I tell you I’m your man,/You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me,/The pleasure is to play, etc.

            Something about the transient nature of these sites.–