Pirates want to stay on Reddit? This is the last group I had expected to have such a reaction, but here we are. Yes, the mod could have worded it better, but these people actually want to stick around on Reddit.

I personally find Lemmy to be a perfectly viable alternative to Reddit for such subs. I wonder about the reasons why these people still don't want to move.

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[–] squaresinger@feddit.de 11 points 2 years ago

Many subs there have 1000x the users that the equivalent subs here do. That does make a difference.

[–] raunz@mander.xyz 11 points 2 years ago

From what I've gathered people generally like using shitty platforms.

[–] Juliie@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

There are pirates as in ideologically cultured anarchists and there are simpletons chasing releases and demanding stuff as if they were entitled to receive it grr

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[–] ghariksforge@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Because people resent change.

[–] muffin@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Maybe they have some little niche communities they do not want to just abandon.

That is why I still use reddit - when you have a really niche hobby or interest and finally discover a community of people that you can share the joy of that interest with, that feels great - you do not want to lose that community that you have longed for for so long.

I am part of some niche communities that have an activity level and a user base that is hard to beat on reddit. I am doing my part here on Lemmy and created local c/dolls and c/denpasong communities on my home instance, but of course nobody is interested here on Lemmy. I am giving Lemmy some time of course, but I am afraid that I will stay lonely with my little communities here on Lemmy unfortunately.

[–] YewmanBean@slrpnk.net 9 points 2 years ago

There's a sociological study that analyzes cultural change and acceptance of new ideas. It's called the technology adoption lifecycle. I still think we are in the early stages. I would consider reddit refugees as the early adopters.

[–] Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I also don't understand it. Didn't they always have problems there with Reddit deleting pinned threads and their wiki full of information, to the point where information had to be collected on an external page?

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[–] bashfluff@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago

Why wouldn't they want to stay? It works for them. Before ideology, before morality, before any other thing you can conceive of is plain, simple convenience. And Reddit is certainly convenient. Once enough users leave, they'll leave, too.

[–] DanTheMan827@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Because Lemmy isn’t as conveniently accessed, and it’s just slow.

It’s also confusing.

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[–] small44@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The communities i care about the most are ghosttowns on lemmy so I have to go to the subs

[–] mosthated@feddit.nl 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Or you could contribute (more) yourself to build them up.

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[–] protput@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

How do you even open the site on mobile without having to install the app? I keep getting an overlay. Can't we just post screenshots from now on and stop generating traffic on their site.

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[–] dustedhands@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

It's not like everyone visiting /r/piracy was part of the community itself (which moved to greener pastures). Many visited the sub as part of casual browsing.

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