I don’t really care if the lurkers stay on reddit, but I’d like for the creators to transition here and I’d like for this to be the place where you find the good information.
Rather than berate people who stay, I’m offering carrots / breadcrumbs. In the communities I was active, I’m still monitoring what’s being posted. Instead of posting new content or answers I’m composing content (with a paraphrased question where appropriate) here on the fediverse and simply providing a link to my response in the reddit thread.
Will reddit start blocking the fediverse? Maybe. Will my posts be downvoted or banned? Maybe. Do I care? Only in that it reduces the visibility of good content. And maybe that’s enough to drive people to look in places other than reddit anyway.
I believe this is a long-view approach to migrating away from reddit, and helping others do the same. Reddit will not collapse overnight (as entertaining as that would be), but rather will be a long, slow tapering as the Next ThingTM takes hold. And I’m hoping that this is that next thing that is less likely susceptible to corruption.
@overzeetop
I actually think that for those who wish to migrate, or even just diversify, a slow migration through awareness building is ideal. A lot of forums that people rely on won’t easily be built up overnight. Not to mention the strain of so many people moving over to new platforms at once.
I remember reading about the various challenges that came about when the Twitter meltdown began. Everything from emergency announcements to disability advocacy and support wound up being impacted.
We still don’t know what the future of Reddit is. Whether things up wind up resolving for better or worse with the platform (and tbh I hope it’s better for the many people who still love it and have found an online home there), establishing an awareness of alternatives is great. It means people will know they have somewhere to go if the ship goes down.
I feel like with Twitter it was a lot harder for people to find that and many are still looking.