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Don't be discouraged by people saying these protests don't work, or by subreddits going public (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by anthoniix@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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People discredit every type of protest, IRL or not. I think back to every major protest that's happened in response to some major event, and the response every time is "That won't ever work", "You're wasting your time", "Imagine caring about that".

This isn't the death of Reddit, not even close to it. Reddit may even get more popular after this. However, that doesn't mean all of this was pointless.

The Fediverse continues to grow, and that's genuinely a good thing. Every time a platform fucks up, people give X ActivityPub app a new set of eyes and continue to help developers strengthen these platforms and build up the community.

A lot of times the things we want don't happen in 1 big moment, it's a lot of continuous smaller moments that eventually form into something greater.

It's going to take a lot of effort to build out a new platform, especially one built off the concept of decentralization. I think we should continue to build our communities here, and do our best to help this platform thrive.

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[–] wesker@lemmy.sdf.org 63 points 2 years ago (9 children)

People in their desire to see Reddit "hurt" lose track of what should be the real goal: carve out a new platform, where those that do care can work towards building something that suits us better. Even if it never rivals Reddit, and there isn't mass adoption.

[–] Zana@kbin.social 14 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Honestly don't want it to become as big as Reddit. It is quite comfy being much smaller. It feels like more of a friendly community. I see the same faces in a lot of these threads, it gives a nice sense of familiarity. I really like the feeling.

[–] vyvanse@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've been a lurker on reddit for over 10 years. Here I feel like I can actually post and comment without worrying about negativity :)

[–] Ronno@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@vyvanse

Boom! downvoted for having an opinion! /s
Oh, apologies, still getting used to not being on reddit ;)

[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Have one that disagrees with popular opinion du jour and watch what happens.

[–] EvilMonkeySlayer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

I've been a lurker on reddit for over 10 years. Here I feel like I can actually post and comment without worrying about negativity :)

Here's a bit of negativity; give it time. The larger a community and platform the wider the views. What starts as a tight-knit community eventually expands into something gigantic where things aren't so tight-knit any more.

It's like gravity, the larger something is the more it pulls in.

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