Should also keep in mind other alternatives have been very, very slowly spreading by word of mouth. None are viable yet (save maybe Tildes if the owner pulls the stick out of their ass), and none are as sizable as Lemmy, but there is competition out there and we should be wary of taking too long. As reddit gets worse, the smaller alternatives will see growth too, and if we don't keep promoting, they may overtake Lemmy as the "main" alternative.

In fact the other sites have the benefit of being centralized platforms. Yes, I said benefit. I know we don't see it that way but we're already here. We're not trying to sell Lemmy to ourselves, we're trying to sell it to redditors that are still on the platform. We have to accept that they're not looking for anything other than population, convenience, and reddit-equivilent features. A simple, centralized platform will look much more attractive to them than Lemmy if we let one catch up to us in size and content.