Since my favorite reddit app came to Lemmy I’m really keen on getting more people into the fediverse to pump up the volume of content around here. Are there any initiatives that we can assist to get folks onboard?

I had my wife join, and she likes it, but laments the slow pace of new material in the communities.

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    1 year ago

    Not-so-secret of Reddit success (vs other link aggregators) was that they allowed NSFW content. Set up a separate opt-in corner of Fediverse to post that stuff and a big chunk of reddit will migrate over.

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        1 year ago

        Fortinet at my corp just banned the whole thing.

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            1 year ago

            But then how do I assert my dominance at meetings? By having hentai on when plugging in the projector?

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            1 year ago

            I was shooting the breeze with a fellow Team Lead (automotive manufacturing), when I noticed that he was browsing Indeed, on our workstation. He didn’t care if they noticed; he knows he is indispensable.

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              If they’re smart, they’re working to make him less indispensable asap. The dude has one foot out the door whether they like it or not.

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      Reddit’s in was not simply “NSFW” content but essentially CSAM behind a paper-thin veneer of deniability. Let’s not imitate that.

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          Oh Reddit for sure had it. Jailbait was a big one and IIRC spez was a mod of it. It eventually picked up news attention and they axed it but it was a huge sub for a shockingly long time.

          Wasn’t the reason why Reddit got big though.

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          You should now understand why so many people were quick to jump ship once the CEO screwed over the moderators.

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        1 year ago

        reddit had a lot of disgusting shite they wouldnt take down but i doubt its success was largely dub to that

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      1 year ago

      While I think a majority of their success came from basically being the only usable search result from google, I would be lying if I didn’t say I was extremely disappointed and left for a bit after I found out why I couldn’t find any NSFW instances on here.