Fediverse

This locked in the network effect that made most people move over to Ten Forward, with little outcry.

Yes precisely. It might even have helped (a little?) that it was located on Lemmy.World?

And I see how your comment is relevant since aside from (tankie-bashing,) politics and Linux, and generic meme reposts from other places, Star Trek was basically the only source of real OC here on the Threadiverse (even though some people avoided it, e.g. if they blocked FlyingSquid and any community that he helped mod, before he removed himself from Lemmy altogether). Fortunately others, like LOTR and Star Wars, are picking up more than they were in the past?

Personally though, I think we are simply too toxic here to attract or keep most users checking us out from Reddit - which is ironic considering how bad the largest subs on Reddit itself have gotten. I know I for one generally avoid posting here as much as possible, seeing as how I nearly universally regret it each time I do. If it were just me that would be a personal issue, but seeing as how so MANY others tell an identical story... and oftentimes they do not even tell us here, but rather speak about their experiences using Lemmy over on e.g. r/RedditAlternatives.