• psychothumbs@lemmy.worldOP
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    1 year ago

    Yeah you can’t exactly take the subset of redditors still using the site during the blackout as representative of how redditors feel about it - anybody with any concern about it is not crossing the picket line.

    • relevants@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      The number of comments per minute seems to have gone back to pre-blackout levels today. I think unfortunately there are just way fewer of us than I’d hoped.

      • LUHG@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        The organisation was very poor. All the mods had to do was setup a sub here and link it. The ones who cared could’ve joined.

        48hrs isn’t enough.

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          Not all mods or are sold on Lemmy though, same with Redditors in general. Even on r/RedditAlternatives I see so many posts and comments saying Lemmy will never take off because it’s not user friendly enough, too complicated, etc. I find it pretty disheartening honestly. Of course a platform in its infancy will have bumps and hurdles to sort out. The fact that they’re dismissing Lemmy so quickly is just saddening.

          But I feel we’ve already had a promising start. As QOL changes arrive and UI slowly improves I think we’ll see more and more people trickling in. Just gotta pray the spark doesn’t fizzle out before then.

      • Banana@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        Honestly I’m okay with that. Some awfully toxic stuff happens when a good community like this gets too big. I say I’m happy if it stays small.

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        1 year ago

        There are. The few of us that appreciate it and give back to the community. I’m starting to look at it as a good thing.

      • imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I think we’ve got a decent start and getting kbin back online yesterday should be pretty big. Kbin seems a bit easier to sign up and less politicized.

        The actual implementation of the reddit API changes at the end of the month should give us another big wave, but we should really try to prepare for and maximize that moment.

        After that it’s going to be a war of attrition, if we can get enough word of mouth and build a better UX, I think the fediverse could win out in the long run, or at least become a viable alternative.