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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!