We are all here and sort of excited for trying a new platform now that Reddit have turned from bad to worse. Still, I have a good deal of dejavu from the 2015 AMAgeddon. Back then plenty of subreddits also locked down in response to Victoria getting fired as manager for the AMAs. Back then myself and many other redditors swore we were done with the site and tried to goto other sites. I think Empeopled was the main choice back then and it was fun there for a little while. And then everyone came back and Reddit only grew with millions of users until today.
Is this time going be different? Is the blackout bigger and more widespread this time? I am thinking the big difference is that this is has more direct consequences with many (and very active) users losing their apps and tools, but I am not sure it will really matter much in the end. I am hoping Lemmy will get momentum, but I also see myself and many others saying the same things about Reddit as in 2015.
From my memory voat was the only place that initially seemed like a possible reddit replacement. However any place that boast it has “free speech” and no moderation is bound to become overrun with bigots, which it obviously became infested with.
I think a lot of people are fed up with reddit for good this time. A few years ago I secured an invite to Tildes in the hopes it would be a replacement for reddit, but sadly it was just too desolated. Lemmy on the other hand has gained a lot of momentum that I think will keep on going after the blackout. I’m hopeful that the communities that have sprung up will continue to grow. While reddit won’t go anywhere any time soon, I hope that enough people have fled for good this time.