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Any ideas of communities that we could reach out to suggest them to move to lemmy? (reddthat.com)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The only successful example I found the other day was https://old.reddit.com/r/FloatingIsFun/, now [email protected]

If a few other communities could move over there, that would help make the platform more active.

There is a banned subreddit that recently moved here (I won't mention it to avoid them getting raided, but if you browse All you probably know which one I'm talking about), that was very interesting, and some proof that the current tools (the websites, the mobile apps, the interfaces) could work for people outside of the usual "tech / Linux / FOSS" bubble.

What do you think?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

We had a few such attempts in the past, but experience shows that Reddit mods have limited influence on that. Even if they are really trying to move over people it ends up being only a small minority and after a few weeks/months they all go back.

What we need is more homegrown communities that grow naturally by attracting people.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

What we need is more homegrown communities that grow naturally by attracting people.

That's probably the biggest issue.

How are people supposed to hear about Lemmy at the moment?

a few subs like /r/RedditAlternatives
a comment that might mention it, but quickly removed or deleted

Reddit got really popular when it started to become the "one place to find answers about anything". And it still is to an extend. While Reddit is still there, it will be hard for Lemmy to really emerge.

We've been stagnating at 48k-50k for the last few months, there is a risk of more and more people leaving over time, leading to the end of the platform

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I won't leave until I am the only one left

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Honestly, in a scenario where most of the most prolific poster leave, I don't give Lemmy a month before the thing becomes completely empty.