Point being, all of us that are here are the ones cool enough to come here. We are unified by the desire for a better social media that is not-for-profit and user driven. And that makes this community unique compared to the scabs advocating for Reddit. The people who will belong here will come here. :)
Yea I’m with you. For a few days, I was debating if I wanted to get the word out to some select communities and friends regarding kbin / lemmy / fediverse stuff, but I’ve come to the decision to keep it personal. As you mentioned, there’s a self-selection thing going on and those that should be here will end up here anyway.
Started feeling the same way after I left twitter and had been on mastodon for a few months! At first I was like holy shit it’s so nice over here I have to tell everyone! Then I realized most people don’t care and everyone who is here came because they made a conscious decision to find something better, not because someone talked them into it
Funnily enough, I’ve met most of my current online friends on Reddit. With this whole situation happening, I was the only one out of them that got pissed off enough to actually move over to the fediverse. I know they’re all good people that could engage with content, but they’re not particularly interested in making the move here. I hope with some more time, this place will be more appealing as an alternative to them, and to more people like them.
How do you think people end up here then? I came in by someone mentioning it on Reddit because that person felt that it wasn’t personal.
If word isn’t spread, people will not find Lemmy or Kbin.
Same way I found it. But what I think is being said is: not everyone wants to leave Reddit. If they do, sure let them know. But a lot of people don’t want to switch.
I think that also many other people, who maybe use subs that were not part of the blackout didn’t even know that there was a protest. some friends of mine didn’t know till i told them.
I posted a thread in the reddit alternatives sub so people can see it if they go looking for it but I’m not not trying anything in the large subs for that reason.