Hello! A lot of people are discussing the recent Reddit changes (I’m also a Reddit refugee), but I think there are some reasons why a mass exodus from Reddit won’t be good for Lemmy:

  • servers would crash The reddit “hivemind” would move to Lemmy The shitty jokes would continue here
  • just check r/redditmoment. Do you want that to become c/lemmymoment?
  • right now the community here is big enough that there are enough posts to keep us entertained, but small enough to get to interact multiple times with the same people and not get drowned in a sea of posts/comments The Lemmy community rn is also formed of at least mildly tech-savvy people (that could figure out the whole instances thing), that isn’t the case for Reddit

As some people mentioned, many people will just forget what happened after the blackout (unless it becomes permanent), so a mass exodus also seems unlikely.

What do you think about this?

EDIT: I’m not talking about denying every Reddit application, I just hope the annoying redditors go back into their hole, just like @JTurtle said.

  • kroldenEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m ok with people going back to reddit if thats what they want. i feel like it will just be a filter to drain the low effort users and as the resident low effort user i support that.

    I just hope the more technical discussion doesn’t go back. r/sysadmin not making the exodus might keep them using reddit, however that sub has gone downhill quite hard over the past 4 years or so.

    • ultraOPEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I’m not saying that the new Lemmy users should go to Reddit, I’m talking about the average elitist neckbeard Reddit user not using reddit (or not visiting those subs) during the blackout (possibly also having an existential crysis in the meantime), then returning to their usual life in the basement.

        • ultraOPEnglish
          11·
          1 year ago

          I was talking about the basement-dwelling elitist neckbeards, not about any redditor. Sorry if I didn’t express myself clearly.

          • NoHardshipInPancakes@beehaw.orgEnglish
            3·
            1 year ago

            I understand exactly the type of user you are describing but you have to acknowledge the irony in how you feel about preserving the culture of Lemmy and calling these specific redditors elitist

            I mean come on dude.