I see a lot of posts on fediverse trashing reddit, Twitter, spez, musk and so on, and rightfully so. But like it or not, the mass majority of users on the internet still use these sites, and some of us still want to interact with the friends and communities we are a part of on those sites. And there’s nothing wrong with that either.
Personally, I want fediverse to grow, and I post on kbin and mastodon constantly, and try to grow the communities on them. But I still pop over to reddit for r/splatoon, r/casualconveration, and my hometown sub, because either the communities haven’t grown enough here yet for constant fresh content, or the content is different enough between both to justify me checking in.
I get many are here as a protest against reddit, Twitter, or where ever else you came from, and that’s valid. But there are many of us who are simply casual users who want to include fediverse into their drives of other social media, and that’s totally fine too.
For me, the issues with reddit and Twitter are moral ones. Twitter consors whatever fascist leaders ask them to, and harmful misinformation is highlighted. Reddit has intentionally excluded disabled people from their site. Both of those I don’t want to support.
I understand some people see it as “the websites are just worse now but I’m a casual user so it doesn’t bother me”, but it’s a bigger issue than that for some of us.
I’m not going to go out of my way to shit on anyone for still using those sites, and I haven’t seen any of that on the fediverse either. This post comes off as you trying to make yourself feel better. If you feel bad about it then … stop using them? If you don’t then continue on with your life.
This is where I’m at too. Thoughts don’t matter beyond your own self, only actions propagate into the real world. Stand by your convictions. Under its current leadership, Reddit deserved none of my engagement.