Alinda

Welcome to Saidit!

Ten years on Reddit here. I've only been more actively browsing Saidit since the Reddit blackout myself, but I've had this account for two years. The first time I was around was because I was looking for a more Libertarian, censorship-free version of Reddit without power-tripping mods, but unfortunately left due to the lack of content and general common opinions on here.

My honest opinion of this site - many users hold racist opinions about blacks and Jews, and are very anti-vax, anti-trans, and anti-immigration. This is understandably a huge deterrent to many who consider Saidit as a potential alternative to Reddit, especially if they politically lean more left, as I do. The users here are not particularly nice and arguments often devolve into name-calling, but I can't say that's any different from Reddit.

Despite that, there are some things to like about Saidit. I personally love the lack of a downvote button to prevent downvote brigades. Many users here (oftentimes even the same previously mentioned users) also offer insightful comments about a variety of topics. It's nice to be able to read multiple viewpoints or know that you can speak an opposing opinion without being censored or banned, as long as you are being respectful, which is a massive difference from Reddit.

But if you're looking for hobby subs, well it might be a while until they pick up. I'm guessing Saidit is still too small to have an active community especially for more niche hobbies. I think the fact that a lot of the site's content is deterring to many people will make it more difficult to grow such communities.

I don't mean to scare people off of Saidit, but thought I'd explain my experience with it as it's definitely not for everyone, at least not in its current state. I've heard many Reddit users have migrated to Lemmy instead, which tbh I haven't looked into much myself. Might be another alternative to look into if Saidit isn't what you're looking for!