100%. the level of comments kbin are blowing my mind, actual discussion. debate. different perspectives. people writing full sentences and explaining their thoughts.
instead of people being banned and insulted for having a differing opinion. or being told they are mean and bad people.
the 3rd grader level of discourse on reddit didn't exist 10+ years ago. it happened only after the site because a household name.
Maybe it's silly, but i love that I haven't seen a single one-word reply such as "*their".
EDIT: omg, what about those infinite threads of "this" or forced puns? Haven't seen those either (and I love bad puns, but those usually contributed very little)
Could 100% tell it was going to hell the past while, knew it was mainstream for several years now, ever since I started hearing radio hosts talk about Reddit. However, a few months ago I was helping my mom with something, and I glanced at her phone to see Reddit open. That's when I thought "Oh. Reddit's over".
Reading those comments in the threads OP posted reminded me how childish and toxic Reddit is. I haven't touched Reddit since this whole thing began and I've really been enjoying my time here on kbin. People actually communicate here. Those threads are typical Reddit downvote dog piling bullshit. It's so stark to me now after being away from it for awhile.
I suspect in 8 days we will have better apps than Reddit does.
It's also a bit bothersome if you're there. The people who stay are probably aware of the alternatives, but also don't feel like moving, so people going over and trying to get them to join Kbin/Lemmy are the equivalent of people asking you to join the Church on the street. Having the alternate community on the sidebar, or if the sub shuts down is fine, but probably not a good idea to shove things into people's faces.
You're already aware that the Church exists, and the advertising is not going to make them want to join it any time soon. If anything quite the opposite, or it'll make them want to cause trouble just out of spite.
thanks for using Leebra!
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I don't think proselytizing is necessary anymore; we've got enough folks on here now to get a sustainable community going, other people gradually finding their way over here over the next year or two (much as it happened with digg) is much better than a crazy server-destroying / spam-proliferating rush.
Reddit was perfectly enjoyable a decade ago with 10% as many users, we don't need very many of them to be able to offer a worthy reddit replacement to anybody who seeks one. (plus I suspect within 6 months or so we'll have way better apps than reddit does)
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