There's was/is an absolute exodus of power users. It's now a matter of time until the rest move. Not if. When.
My thoughts in detail: https://dbzer0.com/blog/reddit-is-a-dead-site-running/
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As an aside and since you're here, I'd like to mention how you nailed it with how you foresaw, prepared, and executed your sub move to Lemmy while admin weaselly went about their weak plays in your direction, forever making noises about wanting it shut down and then frantically backpedaling and changing course every few days when you finally did.
Watching them was like watching a hooked flounder flip about in the bottom of your boat as you continued to sail the high seas. Absolute masterclass in strategy.
Haven't read your blog post yet, but knowing what you've already done tells me it's likely to be a good read.
No. But enough came that Lemmy is now a vibrant place.
I think that's really all we can ask for. I already miss some of the subs back on reddit but I'm sure they'll start showing up here eventually
Some useful communities:
Fix problems and errors [email protected]
Find the best products by Lemmy users reviews [email protected]
Find the best software options [email protected]
And more (if you know more I will edit to add them)
Would you happen to know of a good step-by-step guide on how to create a new community?
There's a niche sub on Reddit I have not seen yet here and I would not mind having a go at recreating it, I'm just having a hard time figuring out what the steps are because the information is in different places. So if anyone can point me in the right direction I'd truly appreciate it.
Are you on phone or PC, web or app?
Web on PC, plain browser interface, sorry I didn't state that upfront. And thank you. :)
There is a New Community button in the header
I don't know how I missed that. Many thanks. :D
In terms of overall users, probably not. In terms of valuable, knowledgeable and hardworking users? Totally.
Take r/AMA for instance. The place was a gigantic draw for Reddit as a space for trustworthy, verified celebrity interactions. The entirety of that work was done by volunteers who have since left that work behind. As such, the place literally can not function as it was.
Another example I saw much closer is r/piracy. Despite what astroturfing bots and Spez Stans would have you believe, Reddit absolutely wanted that sub opened because of what a huge draw it is. Just looking at what they did is enough to prove that. They removed the top mod, manually un-privated the sub, then removed the next top mod for continuing to protest before installing their own. The place is open now and working "normally." Despite this, there's really no one knowledgeable left over there. I looked recently, and I found a lot of highly-upvoted, really awful advice. Like, some borderline dangerous stuff.
Yeah, the real r/piracy is now here on the Fediverse:
They'd been preparing for the eventuality they'd have to leave Reddit for a while, foreseeing the day Reddit would throw them to copyright wolves and shut down the sub. Though I doubt they had "Reddit imploding" on their list of possible reasons to leave, all that prep worked out really well.
That was fun, watching Reddit admin twist and squirm and repeatedly fishflop over r/piracy until they got their scabs in permanently. Like you I wouldn't touch the Reddit sub now, and don't recommend anyone else trust it either.