Fediverse

I get that you've got good intentions, but this reads like an email I would find my spam folder and I can't imagine it would inspire any reddit mods to move over to Lemmy. The mods who were so dissatisfied with Reddit that they would be willing to migrate with the information in this script have already done so.

There are likely be some who might be willing to migrate if they get personal support from an instance admin or some other tangible offer of assistance, but nobody is going to jump ship just because "Reddit Bad" anymore.

Mass unsolicited messages are like JW knocking on your door to preach. No one will appreciate that. This is like the alien.top creator’s methodology. While backed by good intentions, you’re not really convincing anyone to switch. Organic movement of users is really the only full proof way to get more people on lemmy AND actually retaining them. A large number of reddit users who joined the mass exodus 6 months ago are probably back on reddit now and only a few actually stayed.

Most mods will think this is just spam tbh

I'm working with a few subreddits and their Lemmy equivalents, and I'd strongly recommend against this approach. As people have said, it sounds spammy and it would make the mods more suspicious of the Fediverse when someone comes along to actually try and work on stuff with them

It's better to have this happen organically, but if you want to plan it out, what I'd recommend is work with one or two subreddit(s) you're familiar with. Also know that you might have to take on the majority of the setup and moderation initially. When reaching out, be specific about the needs of the subreddit and why the Lemmy community might help the community, and be cool with them saying no.

Different ways it might look:

• copy in the subreddit rules (when it makes sense) and add mods from the sub, then let them run with it
• copy in the rules and have it be an official relationship between the communities where each just recommends the other

There's no script because each time I reached out the situation was different. I can write up more on what's worked well for me but that's the gist of it

How about no. Mormon level spamming.

Most of subreddit admins and mods are not interested in migrating to somewhere else. A few months after API changes Reddit is still usable and active. Even third party apps are functioning if you apply a patch with your developer token. Also mods don't want to lose their power.

If you really want to bring more official communities here, you should ask admins who are already interested in open-source or Fediverse. For example, I found that people behind Fossify (a Simple Mobile Tools fork) had created a subreddit. Ask them about Lemmy. It's FOSS-friendly, there are a lot of fans here, so the chances that they'll make and promote a Lemmy community are much higher.

I would move an entire group of fighting games reddits over here but there's no automoderator or mod toolbox equivalent. Until lemmy gets that basic functionality it's moot to try and moderate anything at a high level

Why don't you just create your own Lemmy community?

Reddit has already proven that they won't let you just close down a sub. You can't "move over" your sub.

I wish people would stop going there but they don't have the spine.

The fediverse isnt a reddit alternative. Lemmy is. The fediverse is a network of different type of service, like lemmy, mastodon, or peertube.

During my days of Reddit, I've been active on r/Morocco a lot.

Here in Lemmy, I have only encountered one other Moroccan. That's it. I don't even know anyone in my country who's ever heard of Mastodon even, despite it gaining traction everywhere else.

And I think I prefer it this way, it kinda makes me stand out from the crowd in a way.

I was thinking about the idea of adding "community ambassadors" to https://fediverser.network. The plan would be for people already on fediverse to tell which subreddits they miss the most, and then help them promote the Lemmy alternative by, e.g, listing which reddit users are the most active and send a customizable message showing them how to migrate. I haven't done it yet because I'd like to have other instances besides alien.top to share the influx of potential users.

Thanks for the great post and resources list.

honestly, I don’t want established Reddit supermods land grabbing topics in the Fediverse. The right people will find it organically based on their own motivation (as simple as searching for “reddit alternatives”).

Especially don’t want the shallow, low-quality content from default/“top” subreddits.

I think imma start prefixing my AskLemmy questions with the "subreddit"/community of interest. Many of them are awesome but not super active here while there's lots of people to discuss and answer so why not skip the middleman?

I don't want more redditors on Lemmy.