I do wonder if this could turn into a bigger problem for Reddit. I'm super new to Lemmy - I always liked how Reddit works from a ui/functionality perspective but I didn't like how the site was run or honestly even the people on the site. But I heard about Lemmy because of this and I think I like Lemmy better.

It just reminds me of what happened with Digg. Lots of small problems then a short series of bigger management fumbles made Digg go from the biggest link aggregator on the net to some obscure site nobody's heard of in like 5 years. I think it's a little harder for big sites like Reddit to fail nowadays but regardless - platforms like Lemmy show that Reddit doesn't really have anything special going for it besides a larger userbase.

tell me about it -- it blows my mind i had to spend $600 on various lab tests for a health problem ive been having... and despite these procedures costing thousands before insurance in a country with the ""greatest healthcare on earth"" they still dont know wtf is wrong w/ me