What's the current state of SaidIt?

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[–]GammaKing[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

My worry for SaidIt is that it may face the same problems as Ruqqus - too many subs without enough users to support them tends to dilute content and discussion. As it stands I keep finding interesting subs, only to follow the link and find that there's been nothing posted in months.

[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That is very true, there are a number of subs I follow here where there hasn't been content for months. I haven't given up on them though. Every now and again, I'll even make a post, LOL. If every user makes just one post a month in a sub we'd like to see revived, collectively, we'll grow this site. We have to take responsibility for it though. SaidIt, despite it's lower activity, existed before and after Ruqqus, so that does say something.

What I think is really great about SaidIt is that the users, us real people, can have conversations again. We're getting back to basics, like Reddit was in the good days, so many years ago. Subs like TiA and SJiA can be a real part of that. The internet like it was meant to be, people connecting, not the propaganda machine it's become.

On Reddit, when I first joined, I used to follow only a few select subs where I had great experiences talking to others, even those who disagreed. And along the way Reddit changed, and I ended up subscribing to a metric shitton of subs just to waste some time, and I don't interact with anyone at all anymore.

SaidIt, being a young and in some cases, abandoned, alternative, it's on us as the users to help this site grow. So little by little, we users create or revive subs that haven't had content, just by sticking around. Maybe it's just one post a month. But that's still activity, and it helps others feel comfortable doing so too.

I didn't spend much time on Ruqqus, and I never made an account. From the beginning, it felt like it didn't have a real goal or focus other than "not Reddit". Also its UI was garbage, NO ONE LIKED THE REDDIT REDESIGN. Anyway ... from what I saw, the problem is that they allowed individual users to guide and overtake not only subs/guilds, but also guide the purpose of the site. Which is exactly the problem Reddit has currently, via un-checked brigades and powermods.

By the time Admins pulled up their pants and proclaimed what they were finally going to do, old disenchanted users had moved on, and the few that remained were outraged because the new purpose was a 180 from what they've known this whole time.

I mean, Ruqqus Admins decided to go the SaaS route. How Reddit/Silicon Valley can you get.

[–]usehername 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Yet you censor everything you personally disagree with on your sub. Hmm

[–]Airbus320 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You do too