Reddit has decided to run another edition of r/place in mid July for some unimaginable reason.

https://sh.itjust.works/post/1387534

It seems to me that it would be stupid to not at least attempt to advertise for Lemmy given the perfect opportunity. Many have expressed concerns about giving reddit more traffic, but a few thousand users is less than a rounding error to reddit. However, getting a few thousand more redditors to move to Lemmy would be great for us.

Hopefully I can get a few sh.itheads to help in this noble endeavor. If not, at least I tried.

!place_join_lemmy@lemmy.world

  • TheLowestStone@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    The reason they are bringing back r/place right now is obvious. They are luring people like OP back in so they can say, “Look at how high our engagement is even after the API changes” then push forward their IPO. This post is exactly what Spez wants.

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      1 year ago

      Spez likely doesn’t want an alternative that is doing well being advertised on r/place, I wouldn’t be surprised if admins didn’t do some sussy deleting like they have before.

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        1 year ago

        It likely also won’t look good that the picture is covered in “FUCK SPEZ” everywhere.

        Unfortunately the admins will be able to replace any pixels they don’t like.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit has over 500 million monthly users. If we got 100,000 Lemmings to go over there, that would give them 0.02% more traffic. For one week.

      Also I hate to say this but you’ve got like 25 comments and I’ve got nearly 900. And I’m being lured back in to reddit? I never left, I’ve been shilling Lemmy this whole time.

      And because Lemmy is so much better, that’s genuinely all I want to do when I’m on reddit.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit isn’t going to die because a few thousand users decide to stop using it. It will die if we build a quality alternative and bring users over while reddit’s quality goes to shit.