Here (kbin), Lemmy, Tildes… I hear Mastodon had a user spike. Is there something obvious I’m missing?
I ask because I haven’t felt the same mass of users that Reddit had. Obviously users have spread out, servers have been hammered, UIs have a learning curve and so on… But there might be other alternatives I haven’t looked at that are worth that look.
subreddits that have jumped ship from reddit entirely that I am aware of:
r/traaas - to raddle
r/popheads (maybe) - to discord
r/mashup - to discord
r/disneyland - to discord and kbin
r/gameboy - to discord
While the official communities (as in backed by the original mods) all seemingly went to discord, a lot of users I notice have been going to a little bit of everything.
List of software I am aware of: tildes, kbin, lemmy, raddle, squabbles, discord, hacker news (for the techies)
I feel like liking squabbles.io is a more controversial opinion than it really needs to be, but I have been! This is my other corner.
Imma only stick with Kbin.
Tildes.net and Kbin, bru.
Both set up on Hermit Apps too, which is working well for the most part—surprisingly well. I’m tempted to even try loading old.reddit on it, but it’s the principle of the matter that stops me.
I just need certain tech groups, automotive groups and fuzzy kitties so I think kbin will probably be fine. I use RIF for reddit and it’s just plain stupid to kill 3rd party apps and screw with the API after all this time.
We really need a functional app for lemmy/kbin/tildes stat. There’s lots of UI polish needed to get to the point where people can find and check their communities as easily as they’re used to.
Also, as a mod, my biggest reticence around trying to bring my communities here is the lack of any equivalent for wikis. I think in a few weeks we could be in a place where it’s a real replacement but by then the blackout may be forgotten and it might be too late.
