I don’t really care if the lurkers stay on reddit, but I’d like for the creators to transition here and I’d like for this to be the place where you find the good information.
Rather than berate people who stay, I’m offering carrots / breadcrumbs. In the communities I was active, I’m still monitoring what’s being posted. Instead of posting new content or answers I’m composing content (with a paraphrased question where appropriate) here on the fediverse and simply providing a link to my response in the reddit thread.
Will reddit start blocking the fediverse? Maybe. Will my posts be downvoted or banned? Maybe. Do I care? Only in that it reduces the visibility of good content. And maybe that’s enough to drive people to look in places other than reddit anyway.
I believe this is a long-view approach to migrating away from reddit, and helping others do the same. Reddit will not collapse overnight (as entertaining as that would be), but rather will be a long, slow tapering as the Next ThingTM takes hold. And I’m hoping that this is that next thing that is less likely susceptible to corruption.
I am honestly not sure if that is the correct approach. This feels like you are trying to force people to migrate over here. Why not just add the link as a supplementary information instead of the only one. If someone actually wants to get off Reddit then it will be helpful but otherwise it won’t annoy people for no reason.
I’m only offering a solution or item of interest as a link, no different than linking to the Washington Post or The Verge, or Quora. The interesting thing will be in the link, and Reddit is still just a [back] button away. I suppose I could title the link something like “Experts have solved this problem; you won’t believe the answer!” That would be a terrible thing.
I don’t see the difference between putting a link here and posting any other internet link.
Agreed. I plan to make some posts around June 29th in the subreddits I frequented offering their alternatives in the fediverse - right before the 3rd party deadline.
Well done! Tempt people to come over to read the responses… I like it.
Fighting the good fight
this! that’s the way to help us grow while still caring for your community. we don’t need silver around here but please accept my thanks ❤️
Indeed. Tearing things down is the easy path; we should strive to be the solution by building something more sustainable.
Good on you! Hope that a lot more people on kbin take this approach.
don’t be bashin us lurkers
Plenty of us made it over here.
This is the way!
I actually think that for those who wish to migrate, or even just diversify, a slow migration through awareness building is ideal. A lot of forums that people rely on won’t easily be built up overnight. Not to mention the strain of so many people moving over to new platforms at once.
I remember reading about the various challenges that came about when the Twitter meltdown began. Everything from emergency announcements to disability advocacy and support wound up being impacted.
We still don’t know what the future of Reddit is. Whether things up wind up resolving for better or worse with the platform (and tbh I hope it’s better for the many people who still love it and have found an online home there), establishing an awareness of alternatives is great. It means people will know they have somewhere to go if the ship goes down.
I feel like with Twitter it was a lot harder for people to find that and many are still looking.
It would be good to see.
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I’ve been on Reddit for 13 years. I posted more when I started, but now mostly scroll the front page in a logged out status.
I only found Lemmy.world because someone posted a link (last week) and only found kbin.social because the mods recommended it.
I think building your community here and providing the link to it from Reddit is perfect. People still want the community engagement, and lemmy/kbin can adequately provide that. The breadcrumbs, as you said, is how we build the mass movement from Reddit to a new location.
