One thing I really liked reddit for was reading news and talking about it. I have stopped posting or commenting there now and am in the process of slowly wiping my posting history… but I still browse it for current events a decent bit as it’s just a lot more active than over here.
I think my new goal is that whenever I see a news post over there I would really like to comment about, I’m gonna post it over here in a relevant magazine and start a comment in that new Kbin thread instead. Seems like a really easy way to nudge myself into getting more content going over here.
Just kind of a Kbin meta shower thought I guess. Cheers.
I’d suggest bookmarking the original sources you find on Reddit, and post interesting content directly from those sources. I’ve taken this approach since leaving Reddit in late June; only visiting for a handful of reasons (r/place event as an example).
This way you bypass Reddit entirely. Become the change you want to see in the world…that kind of thing. I think the best way for any alternative social media site to be successful is to just not visit Reddit.
Yeah good tip. I just generally don’t have a ton of time to personally aggregate news and whatnot from a variety of sources
Just in general if we want the Threadiverse to be viable, and by viable I just mean maybe 1% (or even 0.1%) as much engagement as Reddit, a larger percentage of “us” need to produce content, whether links, text threads, or comments. I try to post anything creative I’ve done (not much), try to engage in comment sections. I’ve got one community I try to make sure to contribute to daily ( @cfb and I absolutely use your tactic of porting over links, though I find I recoil from the bots who simply bring over everything), and another I mod ( @askamericans ). That last one, I may have sort of painted myself into a corner though, since as an American my questions are unlikely to sustain interest, but I and several others are there waiting to pour out the Cheese Whiz of our cultural knowledge for the benefit of any whose ballpark nachos are in need.
Yeah I definitely agree organic porting of content vs bots is gonna have a better impact. I’m running a few communities right now too and am basically the only one posting but eventually I expect others will join in.
I both highly encourage and actively participate in this behavior. The quality of the commentary here is so much better than Reddit’s, and anything that helps the Fediverse grow is good by me.
Yeah I’ve had better discussions here than I have on reddit in years
Solid approach and a noble cause.
Always bums me out to see an interesting article with 50 up votes and no comments discussing it. I think comment content is a big miss right now (but when it does happen it’s usually more elevated than anything on reddit for the last 5 years).
Cheers.
Yeah I agree and I think this is definitely one of those situations where we have to be the change we’d like to see. It’s gonna be a slow build and it takes people like us to do it.
There’s plenty of news instances so I’m sure your posts will be welcomed.
This is a good plan
Seems reasonable
I like that idea too. It’s a good way to start changing your mindset, so you enrich Kbin/Lemmy with content and with more engagement ways for us.
Although I’m a bit concerned about this. If you’re talking about links to some news, that’s really good. No one will judge anybody for copying a link posted on Reddit to here. If you’re talking about memes, it depends. It wouldn’t be the first time I see a meme with some Reddit watermark, but let’s not do this something regular. And if you’re talking about text posts, then I’m against that. Otherwise, we’ll become a human chatGPT.
Either way, I’m positive. Let’s populate this place, so more people can stay here in the long run.
I mean specifically news article links. I don’t post memes or really consume them much either.
This is a great idea!
Do you have any ideas for more opinion-based or anecdotal threads you’d normally wish to participate in?
Not sure I understand the question. I mostly like hobby/tech/news type discussion
