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Update: post deleted Most popular thread on /r/Redditalternatives is promoting Discuit, despite it having 185 weekly active users compared to the 44k on Lemmy. Feel free to chime in (old.reddit.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by Blaze@feddit.org to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee
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Also, if you have doubts about brigading, Discuit have a brigading post on their meta community: https://discuit.net/DiscuitMeta/post/pTyw2MZw

Edit: as you can see, the post has been deleted

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[–] Corgana@startrek.website 12 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I would be interested in helping with a coordinated effort to promote Lemmy instances on Reddit. Sometimes I check in on /r/RedditAlternatives and it's clear 90% of the people who would be happy with Lemmy have already left for Lemmy. But there are many threads where a simple "maybe check out Lemmy I like it a lot" could do a lot of help. It's not like users need to quit Reddit but every post on a Lemmy instance (even if it's also on Reddit) helps make our instances more appealing.

Perhaps setting up a community here to link to such threads could be a useful idea? And we could get talking points aligned as well.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

!fedigrow@lemm.ee should definitely work, I'll have try to see if there were recent posts and try to link them there

However, be aware thar most of the mods are going to remove mentions of Reddit alternatives.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I was a mod for over a decade, believe me even if it gets removed, a quickly-upvoted comment will still get tons of attention 😈

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 1 points 1 hour ago

The annoying part is getting banned and not being able to comment anymore 😔

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 3 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Perhaps setting up a community here to link to such threads could be a useful idea?

Sounds like a great idea! Any reason these couldn't be posted right here in !fedigrow@lemm.ee? I think promoting the fediverse and growing the userbase falls well within the scope of c/fedigrow.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 1 points 1 hour ago

Certainly would fit here but a dedicated space I think would function better for coordinating a specific task.

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 1 day ago (1 children)

My guess is: Both were recommended, admins deleted the one mentioning Lemmy, since it's an actual threat.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't even think so. My post about the latest version of Voyager explicitly mentions Lemmy and is still up, but with only 22 points

[–] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Mentioning an app update isn't exactly a "call to action".

"Lemmy Now Supports [New Feature]! Come join us now!" that is what might get removed

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[–] Blackout@fedia.io 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'd rather have people migrate over organically. I think Reddit was spoiled for me when it went from a niche collection of interesting people and topics to Facebook in a forum format. Almost anytime I go on r/all now i couldn't tell if the posts were recent or bot reposts from 5 years ago. The smaller subreddits still keep the spirit of the place going but the general community is just another social network.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

What makes this non organic? I learned about reddit on digg and Lemmy on Reddit. Seemed organic to me.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 4 points 23 hours ago

Maybe they just expect users to accidentally type in the name of a Lemmy instance into the URL bar? Is that organic enough?

[–] Blackout@fedia.io 2 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

Because OP is suggesting we brigade that subreddit and actively encourage people to use Lemmy. I believe eventually the users more like the OG redditors will come naturally on their own. Like with content from Lemmy shared on Reddit or other social media. Wait for the content and audience to bring them over than to self-advertise too much too early.

[–] OpenStars@piefed.social 4 points 19 hours ago

Reportedly Reddit has >500 million accounts, 73.1 million daily active users (DAUs) globally, and estimates for monthly unique visitors around 1.2 billion - the latter must be like non-account holders then? (I dunno how many are bots)

I seriously doubt that our tiny place even could "brigade" them if we tried in earnest (using humans rather than bots I mean).

Even so, I agree it's best to be friendly and therefore sensitive to the subject to not let that happen.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 4 points 20 hours ago

Well that seems like an idea tailor made to make this site never expand. Content follows users. If it weren't for people saying come use Lemmy I wouldn't be here. Nor would 99% of people. Same with reddit.

[–] kryptonidas@lemmings.world 11 points 1 day ago

Nothing actually seems real on Reddit anymore. Comments are fake and every story someone tells is fake too. News is just pushed by propaganda algorithms. It’s all gone to 💩

I’ll enjoy it here while it lasts.

[–] hono4kami@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 day ago (27 children)

Most popular thread

only 94 points

I say let them try the website themselves. If they liked using that website, then it's okay. If they don't like it then it's okay too, maybe they'll try lemmy out.

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[–] Blaze@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

I just had a look at https://discuit.net/DiscuitMeta, the thread there has been deleted too.

Not sure what happened, maybe they were afraid they were getting trolls from the post on Reddit?

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I wasn’t on Reddit for over a year but from what I’ve heard about /r/redditalternatives is that it’s a shitshow.

If somebody is still on Reddit, direct recruitment over DMs might be better if there’s a candidate who might be interested.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are we hazing people on entrance? I didn't get the memo that we're running a cult over here.

I don't use Reddit, but getting DMs from people telling me to use other platforms sounds like a great way to get me to not try those platforms.

This thread made me go see what's up with Discuit, though, so... food for thought about social media dynamics.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry, I’m not a native English speaker, but I don’t think that hazing is the correct term here.

I know were you coming from of course, but I don’t really see the harm telling people who are clearly dissatisfied with reddit about Lemmy.

Lol, they’re certainly not forced to join it.

[–] MudMan@fedia.io 4 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It's the right word in context, as in for an initiation ritual.

But still, you get the point. It's not like we're on an evangelical mission. There's a bit of a difference between posting about it and DMing people, it feels... spammy? Your mileage may vary, of course, but I would find it a bit intrusive and kinda creepy, myself.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 3 points 20 hours ago

Nah, I think your choice of words in both cases (hazing and initiation ritual) is pretty hyperbolic and not at all correct, sorry.

But you are of course right, being spammy or obnoxious is obviously counterproductive, I agree!

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

I made a comment elsewhere in this thread, but I would be interested in helping out with a recruitment effort! Maybe it's time to set up a Lemmy "get the word out" community?

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, good idea. At least some organised effort would be helpful.

The other guy was right so, we should only inform and be helpful. Coming off as zealots would be counterproductive.

[–] Corgana@startrek.website 2 points 1 hour ago

Yes absolutely, it depends on the context. The overall goal of such a community I think should just be to "put it out there", and have people on reddit at least casually aware that Lemmy exists the same way people on Twitter are (now) aware of BlueSky and Mastodon.

[–] Blaze@feddit.org 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I wasn’t on Reddit for over a year but from what I’ve heard about /r/redditalternatives is that it’s a shitshow.

It's quite okay to be honest. Not that active, but that's mostly it.

If somebody is still on Reddit, direct recruitment over DMs might be better if there’s a candidate who might be interested.

The issue is that to DM you have to know who is actually interested, and you'll miss most of the lurkers. Also, this could be reported as spamming and get you banned.

[–] Franconian_Nomad@feddit.org 3 points 23 hours ago

Ah, thanks for the info and very good point. Good to hear that it’s not that bad.

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