this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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It's no secret that Lemmy is shaping up to be a viable alternative to Reddit. The issue it faces however is that it's still relatively niche and not many people know about it. I propose that we change this. By contacting the mods of large subreddits and asking them to make and promote relevant Lemmy communities we could substantially increase the amount of people who discover the fediverse. What's more, I don't think this is would be a hard sell considering many mods are already pissed off with Reddit due to their API changes. I believe that this is the time to act, so this is a call to arms, to help grow the fediverse into the future of social media!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have made similar experience with the community I moderate (linux specific).

There is an easy explanation for this:

A lot of people in IT are autistic (as am I) and we don’t react well to change (often). That plus reddit can be a cesspool at times explains why they react this way. But although I hate change, I got the message because people didn’t give up on me. I was subjected to arguments without being lectured all the time so I could explore in my own pace. So I won‘t give up on others. Easy as that. :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You make a good point, that could be part of the issue.

Happy to have you here in any case!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s very nice of you to say. Thank you. I‘m very glad to have found this place. And I like it a lot more than reddit for multiple reasons. :) have a good one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, you too! :)