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I don't understand why people still want to use reddit instead of moving to Lemmy or Kbin (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by greensky@sh.itjust.works to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Most people aren't even thinking of moving to reddit alternatives. Users have a lot of power in this situation. Just move your community to Lemmy or Kbin. It's not that hard.

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[–] Skyler@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We're early adopters. Early adopters have a higher tolerance for (and ability to deal with) things like bugs, confusing UI, uncertainty, and probably continual change for the short term.

But hey, someone's gotta do it. The end result of this will be an established community and a more polished product. Over time, more and more people will show up as this place gets better and better, and Reddit continues to worsen. (Everyone knows that old.reddit is going away, it's just a matter of when.)

[–] dudeinairport@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Out of all the social platforms, Reddit is probably the easiest to copy. The moderation was all handled by users in the first place, and I don’t think Reddit employees are as needed as Twitter or Facebook.

Reddit is just shooting itself in the foot right now. I understand the need to make money, and I can understand the API becoming a revenue stream. They just handled it so poorly. There were tons of ways to open a dialogue with app devs about charging them. They could have made their users move to a subscription model. I just don’t get it.

This is my first comment on kbin!

[–] Skyler@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

Yeah, spez has really shot the golden goose (the free engaged moderation staff).

And welcome!