Yeah, 6% is bad but for the shit show, I expected more.
The only way to get people to move is to move yourself. If we start more engaging discussions on the fediverse and make software/engineering improvements to projects (kbin, lemmy, mastodon, native apps), we will get there.
Building online communities takes time. Migrating from one site to another takes a little less time but it’s still a long-term thing.
It’s not so different from moving a retail location. Your store is moving from address A to address B down the road. You put up a sign at the old storefront telling customers, “it’s just down the road!” with instructions to get there and yet businesses that do this see massive sales drops. It’s not uncommon to lose half or three quarters of your customer traffic in the first three months after changing locations. It usually takes a year or more to stabilize to a new normal.
I see no reason why the migration of communities from Reddit to the Fediverse will be different since this type of migration is based on basic human behavior. We need to view it as a new location getting a great big lucky bonus surge because of people angry at our competitor and not some on/off switch.
The key is to maintain quality at the new location so the “customers” start to realize they’re getting a better experience here than they did over at Reddit.
Although I a hopefully on the drop, I am also skeptical that Reddit will fail because of it. I certainly see the improvement in the fediverse as users shift, but as other comments describe Reddit actions seems intentional in the way they are protecting data and not caring about new data. If that remains true than the there is more to this plan which has yet to unfold I think.
And I expect it to fall another 6% or more on July 1st. So long, Reddit
Yeah, 6% is bad but for the shit show, I expected more.
The only way to get people to move is to move yourself. If we start more engaging discussions on the fediverse and make software/engineering improvements to projects (kbin, lemmy, mastodon, native apps), we will get there.
Building online communities takes time. Migrating from one site to another takes a little less time but it’s still a long-term thing.
It’s not so different from moving a retail location. Your store is moving from address A to address B down the road. You put up a sign at the old storefront telling customers, “it’s just down the road!” with instructions to get there and yet businesses that do this see massive sales drops. It’s not uncommon to lose half or three quarters of your customer traffic in the first three months after changing locations. It usually takes a year or more to stabilize to a new normal.
I see no reason why the migration of communities from Reddit to the Fediverse will be different since this type of migration is based on basic human behavior. We need to view it as a new location getting a great big lucky bonus surge because of people angry at our competitor and not some on/off switch.
The key is to maintain quality at the new location so the “customers” start to realize they’re getting a better experience here than they did over at Reddit.
Personnally I don’t really care if people still go to Reddit. I’m just glad that I found a viable alternative that is thriving and less toxic.
Although I a hopefully on the drop, I am also skeptical that Reddit will fail because of it. I certainly see the improvement in the fediverse as users shift, but as other comments describe Reddit actions seems intentional in the way they are protecting data and not caring about new data. If that remains true than the there is more to this plan which has yet to unfold I think.
okay, so, it has already fallen 6%. Your’s is the most useful comments … since we never read the article (*)
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redditor’s traditional behavior applied to lemmings here
Update : I read (skimed) the article :
“6.6 percent drop” in one day
( from 2023/06/12th to the 13th )