Blaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fedibridge@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 5 days 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-square38fedilinkarrow-up1183arrow-down11
arrow-up1182arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square38fedilink
minus-squareObi@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·4 days 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-squarethreelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.worksMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours 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.
minus-squareBlaze (he/him) @lemmy.dbzer0.comOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·4 days 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-up8·4 days agoThat’s why the work you and a couple other lemmings do is so important.
minus-squareP4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days 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.
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…
Another interpretation is that these threads are reaching users who haven’t heard of Lemmy yet. That would be a positive thing.
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.
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.