• rip_art_bell@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I feel you. The Network Effect is real, and the niche subreddits need a HUGE overall userbase to work at all.

    The total population of Lemmy + Kbin is about the size of a medium size city subreddit.

    I’m staying here for now. I sometimes cheat and browse reddit not-logged-in. I don’t know what the answer is.

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      11 months ago

      The mirrors from alien.top are perfect for this use case. I had about 40 subreddits which I followed but didn’t participated much. I had them all mirrored to different communities and now I don’t need to go to reddit anymore.

      (Unfortunately, LW has blocked alien.top, so if you want to do something similar you’ll need an account on a different server)

    • brbposting@sh.itjust.works
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      11 months ago

      I think it’s fair to reply to niche-sub threads with a little PS:

      BTW, I’ve recently shifted my online engagement to Lemmy, as I find it aligns more with my values and the way I like to share content. The community there is very welcoming, and they’d be incredibly receptive to the insights shared in this thread. Hope to seeing you there!