Most people aren’t even thinking of moving to reddit alternatives. Users have a lot of power in this situation. Just move your community to Lemmy or Kbin. It’s not that hard.

  • ThatOneKirbyMain2568@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I think it’s that a lot of the people who were protesting have this mentality of, “I’m only protesting if other people are doing it.” Unless subreddits have shut down, they themselves aren’t getting off Reddit—either because they don’t want to have left while their favorite communities continue on the platform or because they don’t see the need to continue if they feel Reddit won’t change. Many people just aren’t willing to stick to their values in these situations if it means missing out or not having an immediate effect.

    If you are willing to stick to your values in spite of these, then getting off Reddit (and even encouraging your community to migrate) is a no-brainer. Reddit has disregarded their users’ wishes again and again, changing rules and shadowbanning moderators in order to keep their profits. If that’s not something you want to support, then you get off Reddit, move to one of the alternatives, and maybe even go outside more.