This is a rant post and I apologize but I had to talk about this. Most subs are coming back online and not saying ANYTHING about the next steps. Only a handful of subs are going indefinite. I checked the front page for the first time today after leaving the a couple hours before the day of the blackout and what do I see? Subs are up, and comments and upvotes are up to the general average before the blackout.
I checked r/gaming to see their recent post (WHICH HAS OVER 68k UPVOTES), and I see a comment with over 500 upvotes saying in a nutshell, “You guys need to calm down, they’re a company and need to make money”.
Along with a couple other comments saying similar things. Are you fucking serious? You can’t even have the fucking balls to say, “This is a company that has consistently screwed over its users and I need to take a stand and quit my addiction”? You’re just gonna sit and do nothing? Fuck you. You’re no fucking better than u/spez. You’re all a bunch of fucking hypocritical liars for shitting on spez and the admins while talking about how you’re “done” with Reddit and you won’t support this.
Go touch grass you fucking addicted cowards. I’m glad I made the switch to Lemmy if it means I don’t have to interact with dumbfucks like you.
I dunno. This is the energy that made me finally decide Reddit wasn’t for me and work up the drive to give Lemmy a shot. My first 5 minutes here have been great!
Maybe if I’d already seen this post 50 times, I’d get where you are coming from, but for those of us that just got here, this is the energy that made it happen. Be patient while we acclimate.
FWIW, the people staying on Reddit kinda do, or did, impact us. Their apathy means that the community we’ve been a part of for years is not going to get better. They’re why we had to go.
I understand where you’re coming from, and I’m glad you made the move to lemmy. I myself came from Reddit just a few days ago and I have no plans to return. I also understand being frustrated by people not wanting to leave Reddit, you are right that it limits the potential of communities on lemmy, and it sucks. I’m not saying people shouldn’t talk about how they wish more redditors would leave.
For me, I’m just sick of the vitriol and hate that is all over this thread. People seem genuinely furious at the notion that not everyone is willing to join their crusade. I’m not sure if you’re justifying the vitriol or just the sentiment that people really should leave Reddit. If justifying the vitriol, your comment kind of reminds me of formerly fat people saying “I lost weight because I was bullied for being overweight, therefore it is actually a good thing to keep bullying fat people. I’m actually doing this because I care about their health, they’ll feel so much better and be so much healthier when they lose the weight!” Some people respond well to being mocked and shit on, most don’t. It just isn’t helpful and for 99% of people it just fuels negative feelings rather than a drive for change.
Their is an upside to this that people are not seeing, those that choose to willfully stay on reddit, means less of Reddit’s toxicity will seeps it’s way into Lemmy or k.bin. it allows both to grow more organically and foster better relations across the fediverse. (o▽o)
People here are far nicer and it’s a joy to step into a conversation and not feel like you could be jumping into a hornets nest. (((＞＜)))
I do admit it is annoying to see this anger people are having. But we all do feel like that after leaving a big platform that caused so much anger and vitrol. People do need their moment to get it out of their system and perhaps a thread like this is what is needed to get it out of their system before moving further into Lemmy or K.bin. ╮(︶▽︶)╭
I want you to know that you’re not alone in seeking a more thoughtful and accepting community :)
Thank you, I just read your comment about how we grow as we grow, and it reflects my sentiments exactly. I really like the way you write, it has harmony. We can’t expect others to feel how we feel, and being full of rage won’t move us in the direction we want.
I deleted my Reddit account earlier today and joined Lemmy just a few hours later. Like the migration from Twitter to Mastodon, this is a much better place.