this post was submitted on 29 Jun 2023
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I’m very interested to see what happens when the apps close down. If that shift to Lemmy that people here sense will happen will actually occur.
I know many people that are just going to stop using Reddit after their app shuts down, but I don’t know if they will replace that with a threadiverse alternative.
Always felt that since it was never officially endorsed by the r/Gunners mod on the sub, a lot of people simply aren't aware of this place.
The ones that are, might be put off by the onboarding process - which isn't exactly straightforward nor user friendly... For reddit, it's sign up -> search for community -> start participating. Whereas here on Lemmy its like: choose an instance -> sign up (wait for approval, if needed) -> log in (some might encounter the dreaded spinning circle) -> search for community (might not show up if the other instance is unfederated) -> participate.
The ones that have made it still complain about how this site feels outdated, too barebones, "like a website from 2008", etc.
Guess in the meantime while we wait for updates to the platform we'll just do what we do best; shitpost, give our uninformed hot takes and in your case create high-quality poorly drawn art!
@little_niggle @poorlydrawnarsenal I think it's best to give people the signup link (i.e. https://lemmy.world/signup) for a server where there's a community they're interested in. Removing the analysis paralysis of figuring out which server to join goes a long way to encouraging people to give it a go.
Yeah I was actively promoting this place during the early days, but I didn’t want to risk spamming the sub or annoy people…
Think the way to go now is if the r/Gunners Reddit mods create an official pinned post or add it to the sidebar then perhaps we’ll see a higher influx.
For now we’re still seeing day on day growth, which is encouraging!