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Foni@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I carry here as a year and a half (before I was in another instance that closed) and I can say that the increase in traffic, participation, comments, vows etc. For a couple of months it is remarkable.
I don’t know if it’s for Trump pushing Europeans and Candadia outside their products, By Reddit turning its platform into shit full of bots and unpopular standards or a combination of both, but I think that the network and community is doing really good (we even have a community of conservatives, half a year ago something like that would be unthinkable)
oblabs@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would say getting banned for upvoting a couple of popular memes becoming the official site policy is definitely going to motivate tons of users to leave and I would also include myself in that group as well
Foni@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
I guess everyone has their own turning point, but Reddit seems to have a new controversy every two weeks, so I suppose things will just keep escalating here.
Personally, I jumped ship during the API controversy, not because it directly affected me, but because ever since I discovered federated networks with Mastodon, I’ve thought it’s the perfect idea (in fact, I had an account on the server that disappeared even before that). I have accounts on all the federated networks, even though I don’t use them much, and I’d love to see them replace the traditional ones.
In any case, welcome