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/r/RedditAlternatives - "I like the idea of the fediverse but it's never gonna get popular." (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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[–] 22 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I'm here a month now, from Reddit - got banned there after 14 years, and honestly, find it far nicer and more peaceful than the hot mess Reddit has become since the IPO.

I think if you're looking for tons of replies, the fediverse isn't going to be it - not untll the mainstream sites become so toxic that users bolt in droves. When I think of how nice reddit was at the start, and how sparse some subs were.. it just takes time for the user base to reach a critical mass.

Patience, grasshopper.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I made the jump two years ago (on a different instance, not the piefed.ca one) when the reddit API thing went down. The fediverse has grown by leaps and bounds since I first came over. Much more activity now, almost comparable to reddit, at least from my small view of the fediverse anyway.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    Joined around the same time.

    The conversation here is a different experience to what Reddit has become.

    Reddit: "I didn't read the article but here are all the reasons why my misinterpretation of what you said means you're wrong, you deserve to be attacked for your thoughts and should never be allowed to post again"

    An alternative or counter view isn't related to as an attack.

    Lemmy: "Oh thank you friend, I hadn't considered it from that angle, and here is my considered response to your comments."

    It's delightful.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I think if you’re looking for tons of replies, the fediverse isn’t going to be it - not untll the mainstream sites become so toxic that users bolt in droves.

    You'll start to hate Lemmy too if / when the great unwashed masses begin showing up. Those of us who've been around, shout to @kmirl@lemmy.world, have watched this play out over and over again.

    When the norms start congregating in a single place you can be assured that place is going to shit.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    When the norms start congregating in a single place you can be assured that place is going to shit.

    While I don't disagree at all with that, the very nature of the fediverse sites means there won't be a single point of ownership that turns itself into an advertising platform.

    Once the reddit algorithm started adjusting people's feed - including mine -about the time that the IPO dropped, it got really nasty, with the rage-bait subs that I never had even heard of, let alone visited, showing up on my homepage feed and then it turned bad really fast.

    Straight up, it's what got me caught up in a snark-fest that got me banned.. which turned out to be one of the best things to happen to me online in a long time.

    The poison on Reddit is real.

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