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"No one's leaving Reddit" - how do we keep this momentum? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I read articles like these: https://blog.bloonface.com/2023/06/12/why-did-the-twittermigration-fail/

And I'm like: okay, how do we prove this person wrong? All suggestions welcome - how do you get people INTO the fediverse?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd have to disagree with the premise that the Twitter migration "failed", for a start. Of course with anything like this you get a big spike and then it trails off. But the question isn't "did we retain 100% of people who tried out the new platform?" it's "are there now more people on the platform and are they having a good time?"

I never actually used Twitter (yet somehow had about nine accounts but I kept telling myself this time it would stick). Now I have two active Mastodon accounts with two active feeds and am having a great time.

And the same applies with Kbin/Lemmy. It's not for everyone. Nothing is.

But are there more people here now? ✅
Are we having fun and interesting conversations and a generally good time? ✅

Why does anything else matter?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How dare you assume I’m having a good time.

While you’re definitely right I get OP’s hang up, more people means more content. I do wish more niche communities on Reddit made their way here.

I am btw

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol sorry how rude of me.

I think niche communities are a result of platform size, and trying to force it too early doesn't really work. What we can do is make sure the slightly-less-niche-but-still-fun communities that already exist are looking nice and active and welcoming ready for whenever there's a new wave of users, and the niche splinter groups will come with time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Very true, maybe we’ll see sites dedicated to these niche groups connect their own instances?