I'm curious as to why Lemmy rarely shows up in search results on the main internet even if there is a post related to the search input. I've only ever seen a Lemmy result if Lemmy is specified. Is this because we're still relatively small or some other reason?

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[–] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Yes, it hurts discoverability. How can you have a community without people?

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Yes, you need people. But I'd say Reddit has too many people. The Ethernal September problem: sometimes, small is better.

[–] MrStranger@lemmy.zip 2 points 15 hours ago

The thing with Reddit is that it got too big and political. It was open before but yet still fun a decade ago.

[–] splendoruranium@infosec.pub 1 points 15 hours ago

Yes, it hurts discoverability. How can you have a community without people?

I'd like to ask it the other way around: How many people would it need until you'd say "Yep, that's a community alright."?