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Hate to by the pessimist, but he's not wrong. Most subs will open back up tomorrow, I doubt most will close again. The users that aren't on board will jump ship, but a greater percentage will likely just grumble and complain while they continue using the service. It's what they're banking on.
They're not getting me back. I doubt that will affect their bottom line much, but it's all I can do.
For me the benefit of the various mismanagement crises at Twitter and now reddit is that they push enough people to alternatives to create a critical mass there. Mastodon will likely never be what Twitter was, but enough interesting people and enough of my professional network now have a presence on the latter that it's become a viable alternative for me. Same thing here. Whether or not Lemmy ever reaches reddit's proportions, there are enough interesting links and discussions here to keep me occupied. And if not, I could probably stand to spend a bit less time on social media anyhow.
I agree completely. Also, I mentioned elsewhere that I feel more likely to actually contribute to this smaller community. I've already made more posts (2...3 maybe?) in a week here than I did in the last 2 years on Reddit. When you don't feel like you're shouting to 3 million people who aren't listening, it's more fun! It's hard to really talk to anyone when you don't know anyone at the party right? Is that enough analogies? I feel like that's probably enough...
Yes! I recently went to a professional conference for the first time since the Twitter debacle and found that while most of the participants were still tweeting, Mastodon felt like a fun secret society within the meeting. We recognized one another, said hello in the hallways, had conversations that felt like secret handshakes. It emphasized for me the difference between having a community and shouting into the void.
Now, if only I could follow you on Lemmy. lol