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I don't understand why people still want to use reddit instead of moving to Lemmy or Kbin (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Most people aren't even thinking of moving to reddit alternatives. Users have a lot of power in this situation. Just move your community to Lemmy or Kbin. It's not that hard.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

300% this. People like us can navigate our way through all those drawbacks, but are deal-breakers for people like mom who lurk Reddit from time to time.

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

You can make the same comment between Facebook being 'easier" than Reddit. Or forums being easier than IRC.

A natural order is as user mass increases, ease of use improves. I think it's fine to acknowledge the challenges while continuing to spread the message and leveraging early adopter influence with folks comfortable doing some reading to understand vs a casual "mom" internet user that needs a very safe, templated app experience without many (or any) customization options.

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

I got reminded of IRC a bit ago, wonder if that's gonna get a resurgence. I was thinking maybe something like lemmy/kbin with a built in IRC like how kbin has the microblogs.

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

In the workspace Slack is very big and is very analogous to a supremely polished IRC. Discord outside of professional workspaces is similar, though a bit more detached.

To me, these are the mass market evolutions of IRC from back in the day.