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[–]magnora7 34 insightful - 3 fun34 insightful - 2 fun35 insightful - 3 fun -  (16 children)

Looking forward to the next wave of refugees arriving to saidit. This is how we grow. If reddit was actually a place of free conversation, then saidit wouldn't need to exist in the first place. But here we are, because we all know how reddit operates. And this reality is becoming more and more clear to the people of reddit.

[–]Skuly 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I think the ex ceo of reddit calling for more censorship on the site and when you see news articles like that then you know whats coming.

[–]magnora7 14 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 0 fun15 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Yeah, I'm actually surprised at how slow it's been. I expected them to pull a digg.com like 2-3 years ago.

But the fact they're driven by greed and money has become more than clear, so the removal of information that might threaten that income stream was always inevitable. That's basically the whole reason I knew saidit would probably work when d3rr and I first started making it. These waves of refugees will just keep coming and coming, until one day reddit is mostly empty. It honestly seems inevitable, given the lifecycle of previous websites like digg.com, myspace, xanga, etc. The harder they try to monetize, the quicker they unintentionally choke out their userbase by trying to control the information. And they only want to control the information in unreasonable ways because it affects their income.

This is one big reason saidit is run by donations and not advertisements, and why we focus so much on keeping our operating costs down. If we can avoid the bad incentives created by monetary desires, then saidit might have a true shot at being a place of real information exchange. It's working so far!

[–]Skuly 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Its just the size of the site and people use it just out of habit but the user base is slowly bleeding away as activist mods and the endless pushing anti American posts is driving users out its just hard for them too find a new online home.

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah I agree, there are many mods that mod like 600 subs, and all the subs push the same messaging, and it's so obviously corrupt.

[–]yetanotherone_sigh 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

It needs to still exist as a tool for the neoliberals to get a President elected. They will deplatform anyone on the right. That much is clear.

[–]magnora7 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Yeah and then thedonald.win will do the same thing to the left, and then the internet becomes full of echo chamber people who can't tolerate opposing opinions. It sucks. People who seek out actual variety of ideas are becoming more and more rare

[–]H3v8 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The thing is that thedonald.win is upfront with its scope, as raddle similarly is. It's not like thedonald.win says that everyone is welcome but we will ban you later when we have enough users to get away with it.

[–]Newmug 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Reddit Refugee here! Just signed up today!

[–]magnora7 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (3 children)

Awesome, glad to have you aboard!

[–]Newmug 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks magnora7!

[–]Newmug 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I went from Boards.ie to Reddit as a refugee back when Reddit was tolerable, and now I'm on the move again. I'm an Information Immigrant!

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice, never heard of that one. I used to use digg back in the day, and then I got on reddit in 2007, back when it was awesome. We're trying to bring back some of that magic here.

I guess we're all information immigrants in some fashion!

[–]LarrySwinger2 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's crucial that we actively promote this site when the timing is right, though. Do you guys do that?

[–]magnora7 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I can't speak for anyone else, but I link to saidit (and also usually notabug.io) whenever people are on reddit and looking for alternatives in the comment threads. The more people that do that, the quicker this place will grow.

[–]Phreedom 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I just made an account after seeing the reddit admin post today.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Glad to have you here, let me know if you have any questions!

[–]iraelmossadreddit 13 insightful - 3 fun13 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

they allow black people twitter on the front page with black people only"country club threads" fucking crazy. oh and many of the power mods are actually admins....

[–]TiredJustTired 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never participated in any of those "controversial" subreddits because I always figured that the moment they rose in popularity, they'd inevitably be targeted for deletion. I don't even use Reddit at all, for that matter, because it's a cultivated echo chamber for the Left. I'd rather participate in free speech platforms such as this one instead. Late to the party but happy to be here nonetheless!

[–]Tarrock 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Hit them where it hurts, the advertisers.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

[–]SpookySaint 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Just made an account here after reading this. I think reddit is gonna meet the same fate as Tumblr

[–]nolocus 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Reddit went Wong right before it went ka-Pao.

[–]poops 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're a prophet. Created my account today.

[–]copenseethe 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

reddit is behaving more and more like the CCP that owns them.

[–]igorness 1 insightful - 3 fun1 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

So subs that no one goes to, thanks..........for nothing and your paranoia.

[–]H3v8 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

These are some of the most successful subs with millions of subscribers.

[–]FireInsight 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You were right...

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

Hi, Poal bought me here.

[–]Jesus-Christ 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

noooo, not brap barn!

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

One thing I have found is they ban me automatically if I log onto reddit from my phone but can't seem to figure out who I am if I just use my laptop

[–]joewest1313 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Honestly I only enjoyed r/DeuxRAMA due to the fact you could shitpost and there were tons of left and right shitposts and it was almost normal in a twisted sense.

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

Good thing KNT is not on the list but we've been targeted before for being anti-degenerate.

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

Cut the shit. It’s simple vampire tactics: extend, embrace and extinguish. With the George Floyd situation, Reddit claims to extend, embrace the solidarity BLM movement and then to ban talks about it later (extinguish). The same is probably on saidit. If it was truly free speech, you would have much more content. The system is sketchy like that for no reason.

Just wait till they come to your house. They want your energies (extinguish). Dumb social narcissists in charge and dip shits supporting their sadistic systems.

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

Is this website currently the most popular alternative to Reddit?

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

There isn't any one large reddit alternative at the moment, just many different smaller sites.

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

No, Voat has more users I think.

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

I'm coming here and I'm not going back to reddit...they have cucked themselves completely and I'm not being a party to it...I'm deleting the bookmark.

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

Thanks for the subreddit suggestions. I will follow them while they last. Just onboarded from Reddit and hopefully this will be a pleasant journey.

[–]avena_sativa_3 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Should create threads in those subs to let them know about saidit in case they get shut-down without notice. Probably just get insta-banned though.

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

well done, that was bloody accurate. New account today. Still got a few subs to get banned from so not deleted reddit yet.

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

lmao this aged very well...

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

Basically anything that isn't 'wholesome' is going