Was there even a mass exodus? I largely avoid Reddit now, but I do kind of doubt that they’ve been hurt in any meaningful way by all the protests and people leaving…

  • Blaze (he/him)
    41·
    1 year ago

    Definitely agree on your last point. When I see a community like this, I try to report it to the admins, because indeed, it gives a bad look.

    • astral_avocado@programming.dev
      10·
      1 year ago

      Report them? Why? How else is a community supposed to get started? It needs probably only a handful of type A people posting stuff regularly and then that brings the crowd.

      I agree it’s not a great look because we’re in the established age of the internet… but what else is there to do?

      • Blaze (he/him)
        6·
        1 year ago

        I guess we don’t talk about the same kind of scenario.

        You describe one where the creator did it in good faith, started posted for a bit, but isn’t that active. That’s completely fine, I agree with you.

        I am talking about people who started dozens or even hundreds of communities, just to leave them there without even posting a single thing. Looks like a power trip to me, and I could understand why newcomers might be reluctant in participating in such communities (especially if they come from Reddit)