Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agoPost on /r/RedditAlternative complaining about Reddit shadow banning and power tripping. Most comments are positive about Lemmy and provide guidance to potential new joinersold.reddit.comexternal-linkmessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up1186arrow-down11
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkPost on /r/RedditAlternative complaining about Reddit shadow banning and power tripping. Most comments are positive about Lemmy and provide guidance to potential new joinersold.reddit.comBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 month agoPretty depressing thread tbh, still the same old misconceptions and that sentiment that anything they have to do is a huge roadblock and means Lemmy is doomed to failure, like picking a server is such a huuuuge hurdle…
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·1 month agoOn the other hand, there’s a strong survivor bias as people genuinely interested in moving are probably already here and left Reddit. The people still on /r/RedditAlternatives now do probably all have an issue with Lemmy at this point.
minus-squareFundMECFS@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoThat’s why the work you and a couple other lemmings do is so important.
minus-squaretrillnsfw@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoLook at this way, reddit keeps banning ppl and now they are at least becoming aware of lemmy so they’ll try it then
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoIt is some kind of hurdle, and on Mastodon is WAY worse. I just chose mine because it was promoted in a subreddit related to my country.
minus-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month ago still the same old misconceptions Another interpretation is that these threads are reaching users who haven’t heard of Lemmy yet. That would be a positive thing.
Pretty depressing thread tbh, still the same old misconceptions and that sentiment that anything they have to do is a huge roadblock and means Lemmy is doomed to failure, like picking a server is such a huuuuge hurdle…
On the other hand, there’s a strong survivor bias as people genuinely interested in moving are probably already here and left Reddit.
The people still on /r/RedditAlternatives now do probably all have an issue with Lemmy at this point.
That’s why the work you and a couple other lemmings do is so important.
Look at this way, reddit keeps banning ppl and now they are at least becoming aware of lemmy so they’ll try it then
It is some kind of hurdle, and on Mastodon is WAY worse. I just chose mine because it was promoted in a subreddit related to my country.
Another interpretation is that these threads are reaching users who haven’t heard of Lemmy yet. That would be a positive thing.