As someone who was an avid user of the snark subr3ddit, is there anything that I can do to help get it restored? That the moderators are appealing the ban to R3ddit, but if there’s anything I can do to add my voice to protest would be happy to.

  • Rentlar
    12·
    5 months ago

    Honest question from someone who had permanently left Reddit last year, and not involved with this community besides reading a couple posts since y’all came over:

    What are the reasons you’d want to go back?

    Going back to a restored subreddit, you’d get the pleasure of having ads and disguised bot comments, and be controlled by the whims of cold-hearted profit-seeking corporate admins. What’s more is you’d be closer to what I’ve heard as the “meta-snark” sub whose members appear to be intent on throwing shade at your kind of community at every opportunity.

    I won’t stop anyone from trying to get their old sub back, but I’d hope that maybe some people could find a new home in the Fediverse! If you need any help adjusting, I’ll be around.

    • Blaze@reddthat.comEnglish
      16·
      5 months ago

      As someone who’s still present on both (but mostly just trying to bring people to try out Lemmy from Reddit): access to a much wider audience.

      The level of activity on Reddit, even if full of bots, reposts, karma farmers, and knowing that you enrich stakeholders, is still infinitely higher than Lemmy.

      Hopefully this will change at some point, but for the moment, I completely understand why someone would like to get their sub back.

      Also access to historical posts, and ability to organize a move.

      • Rentlar
        7·
        5 months ago

        You bring up very good points! We definitely have a long way to go before we have a mainstream sized audience. The ability to organize a proper transition would be nice as well.

    • QueenofTudorOP
      12·
      5 months ago

      Thanks for the kind offer! For me, it is more of a justice issue. The sub should never have been banned in the first place so getting it restored is like a small battle win in the larger war. I know it must seem petty to people who haven’t been a part of this community for long, but it’s important to show that we won’t be bullied into silence when we are bringing up issues of concern. I know it must seem petty to people who haven’t been a part of this community for long, but it’s important to show that we won’t be bullied into silence when we are bringing up real issues of concern.

      That said, learning a new platform is a but jarring in my advanced age of early 40s😂 Does Lemmy have an app?

      • Rentlar
        61·
        5 months ago

        I wish you the best of luck in your fight for justice against Reddit censorship. Personally, I’ve settled into the view that the way to win against big tech is to refuse to play their game, but each to their own.

        Does Lemmy have an app?

        Yes! In fact, it has many! Each app has a slightly different feel depending on your style of interaction. Jerboa is what you could call closest to a ‘first-party app’ but in some respects it’s more simplistic than others. Check out Blaze’s helpful post on app and web UI options here: https://lemmy.ca/post/22652027

        One more sidenote: you may find that the average user age on Lemmy skews higher than Reddit (see the Lemmy.ca census), which could mean you’d more easily find your crowd.

        • QueenofTudorOP
          3·
          5 months ago

          Thanks for the link and the info! Great to know about the demographic here, happy to hear it!