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[–]send_nasty_stuffNational Socialist 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Bad: We have fewer people here than reddit peak.

Good: we've had steady growth.

I agree about 4chan pol. It's a mess. 60-80% bots and bait posts. Anons still manage to cluster into important threads and research/redpilling/memetic brainstorming but it's effectively neutralized as a productive healthy dissident social media space. 8chan was a bit higher brow but has also been seriously kneecapped. 8kun is not as busy as 8chan was.

that are quite dead, like this sub (not a criticism obviously, just observation).

I really wouldn't call it dead but it certainly doesn't seem to have the growth potential that the reddit sub had pre quarantine. I place most of that blame on saidit. As a site saidit is stagnant and admin seems compromised or too scared of bad optics (which is really the same thing IMHO). Blame should also be placed on reddit users themselves. NPC's that get stuck on the old social media sites and have no idea how walled off from opposing viewpoints they are. Some are totally aware and like being in a neo liberal porn filled echo chamber but most are oblivious that reddit has systematically purged so many subs.

I'm going to chat with mods about a permanent move to ruqqus. Ruqqus at least will give us exposure to newer users. If we don't grow we die. However, for now this is main site and ruqqus is the main back up. We are all ears if anybody has suggestions.

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

From the alexa stats looks like ruqqus has a positive growth trajectory while saidit has been declining. I'm honestly surprised there's still a demand for reddit format sites.