I think there are still many people there, just that engagement is way down. While some people are proactive and highly motivated, probably most people are not proactive and not highly motivated. Superstonk is the place where most of it has happened, and superstonk is where most of it continues to happen for now. Many people can’t be bothered to check out Lemmy when prompted, and many of those that do, can’t be bothered to go through the tremendous amount of effort that they perceive it takes to sign up.
Much of the momentum of the whole movement has dissipated. Early 2021 there was an enormous amount of excitement and energy, and most of that got put into superstonk. Since then, Superstonk and Reddit have slowly but surely increased friction on us, to the point that many people have clearly lost interest in engaging. As for me personally, though I am not (yet) banned from superstonk, I haven’t posted or commented there in months, because I might as well be already banned. I don’t even want to engage there, the mods have sort of ruined it for me. While there are far fewer people here on Lemmy, I much prefer to post and and discuss here because this community is hosted by DRSd shareholders of GME, for the purpose of other GME shareholders to talk about GME. My interests are in alignment with the hosts of the community, and on Reddit, that is simply not the case.
I’ve said this before but I’ll keep saying it: I believe the best path forward is to create the engagement here that you want to see. Make this community a desirable place to be, make this community a naturally superior alternative, so that every time reddit or superstonk makes things a little bit worse, and people there start talking about migrating, you take that opportunity and send those individuals a DM to show them this Lemmy instance, and of those that take the energy to actually take a look, what they will hopefully see is a proper GME community that is available to them outside of Reddit’s limits.
Right now we are still very early. Superstonk is only ~ 2.5 years old, and it is starting to decay in a major way. What will another 2 years look like? How much more decay will Superstonk go through before becoming a totally unrecognizable shell of the flourishing community it once was? In my ideal future we’ll have 5, or 10, or 100 Lemmy (and other fediverse) instances, all owned and operated by DRS’d shareholders of GME, and we’ll never need to worry about a corrupt mod team or Reddit’s permission again.
Great thoughts here and the message resonates with me on a personal level - specifically the concept that Reddit as a platform does NOT have the same goals and motivations of the people who use it for community.
It takes effort to make posts and comments and provide your perspective on the posts and comments of others. That effort is worth it in many cases because users often share common interest with their fellow users, and everyone can benefit from that.
This effort, however, should be placed on a solid foundation. At a ground level Reddit does not share the same goals and can choose to limit the ability to engage and assemble at any time at it’s own discretion. I feel it’s so important to remember that as we continue building our own space using open source and community hosted platforms like this one.
I think there are still many people there, just that engagement is way down. While some people are proactive and highly motivated, probably most people are not proactive and not highly motivated. Superstonk is the place where most of it has happened, and superstonk is where most of it continues to happen for now. Many people can’t be bothered to check out Lemmy when prompted, and many of those that do, can’t be bothered to go through the tremendous amount of effort that they perceive it takes to sign up.
Much of the momentum of the whole movement has dissipated. Early 2021 there was an enormous amount of excitement and energy, and most of that got put into superstonk. Since then, Superstonk and Reddit have slowly but surely increased friction on us, to the point that many people have clearly lost interest in engaging. As for me personally, though I am not (yet) banned from superstonk, I haven’t posted or commented there in months, because I might as well be already banned. I don’t even want to engage there, the mods have sort of ruined it for me. While there are far fewer people here on Lemmy, I much prefer to post and and discuss here because this community is hosted by DRSd shareholders of GME, for the purpose of other GME shareholders to talk about GME. My interests are in alignment with the hosts of the community, and on Reddit, that is simply not the case.
I’ve said this before but I’ll keep saying it: I believe the best path forward is to create the engagement here that you want to see. Make this community a desirable place to be, make this community a naturally superior alternative, so that every time reddit or superstonk makes things a little bit worse, and people there start talking about migrating, you take that opportunity and send those individuals a DM to show them this Lemmy instance, and of those that take the energy to actually take a look, what they will hopefully see is a proper GME community that is available to them outside of Reddit’s limits.
Right now we are still very early. Superstonk is only ~ 2.5 years old, and it is starting to decay in a major way. What will another 2 years look like? How much more decay will Superstonk go through before becoming a totally unrecognizable shell of the flourishing community it once was? In my ideal future we’ll have 5, or 10, or 100 Lemmy (and other fediverse) instances, all owned and operated by DRS’d shareholders of GME, and we’ll never need to worry about a corrupt mod team or Reddit’s permission again.
Great thoughts here and the message resonates with me on a personal level - specifically the concept that Reddit as a platform does NOT have the same goals and motivations of the people who use it for community.
It takes effort to make posts and comments and provide your perspective on the posts and comments of others. That effort is worth it in many cases because users often share common interest with their fellow users, and everyone can benefit from that.
This effort, however, should be placed on a solid foundation. At a ground level Reddit does not share the same goals and can choose to limit the ability to engage and assemble at any time at it’s own discretion. I feel it’s so important to remember that as we continue building our own space using open source and community hosted platforms like this one.