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Took a peek on Reddit, it really boggles my mind how oblivious and obedient people are. (self.general)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/695201

I decided to take a peek at Reddit to see what kind of activity is happening, a good handful of the subreddits I am subscribed to are still super active with posts and commenters.

There's quite a few news articles on the front page regarding Spez and the blackouts, I am surprised those articles are even still up for people to see.

The comment section is filled with people saying how they should just kick the mods out of the dark Reddit's and take over, ofcourse these posts are heavily upvoted...

Perhaps there is some AI activity going on, I mean it's kind of easy to do in this day and age. You just prompt an army of AI bots to defend Reddit, and try to keep users engaged.

I am so happy I found Lemmy, and I am so happy that there is a comfortable level of activity. Sure it's only a small fraction of what Reddit is activity wise, but it's so much more hearty and welcoming.

Reddit has just turned into one big toxic mess. Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit used to be 10 years ago.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

The large majority of Reddit users are casual and don’t care. I honestly don’t blame them, there are other things to worry about. We, the fediverse community, need to stop concerning ourselves with Reddit honestly. It’s pretty embarrassing at this point. It’s like stalking an ex on social media after a break up. If you expected Reddit to die because of this you were living in a dream world. What did happen is a part of the Reddit community left and discovered the fediverse. Over time more improvements will be made at a faster pace. Eventually Lemmy or Kbin may become the new “Front Page of the Internet” but it was not going to happen over night. I am excited to see where we are in a year from now.

Stop worrying about Reddit. Enjoy Lemmy or Kbin, contribute, and grow the community. All things in good time my friend.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Agreed. Looking forward to getting to the point where 50% of threadiverse posts are not about reddit.

[–] Jessica 5 points 2 years ago

Lemmy reminds me of what Reddit used to be 10 years ago.

This exactly! I have been unhappy with the decline of Reddit for some time now, so this was a great push to find an alternative. The Reddit from 10 years ago I remember was mostly US news that you saw there before anywhere else, a decent amount of world news, a lot of tech and cyber security news, plenty of obscure subreddits, and a sprinkling of memes. It seems we’re well on our way.

[–] ahzidaljun 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is honestly something i wasn't expecting, and it is disheartening people really don't give a fuck. You can legit get away with anything these days

[–] JonCecil 7 points 2 years ago

I didn't figure there would be a majority migration from reddit, but I definitely imagined a larger backlash than we've seen.

As other users have said, casual users don't care enough, or just don't notice. This thought was solidified for me recently when I saw Netflix had a huge boost in subscriptions in places where they cracked down on password sharing. After all of the negative press, all the people coming out against it, Netflix gets rewarded for the behavior.

So it goes. At least there are alternatives for people who want them. I'm still holding out some hope for changes on the larger platforms, but if they are constantly rewarded and/or validated in their choices, then change will never come.

[–] Monkeyhog 5 points 2 years ago

I think the people still on reddit are those that don't care. The rest of us have already left. Even if they canceled all of their plans I wouldn't go back. They can have it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It is a pity but it is also the result of a selection process. Those who do not care of what is going on will stay, simply because it is convenient or they are unable to see the long term consequences. Similar to what happened with Facebook back then, and the place is now mostly older people and bots.

[–] positiveWHAT 1 points 2 years ago

Did you get any notification for this cross-post @[email protected]? The post didn't get the links it does with in instance cross-posting.

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