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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.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This will open us to an inter site raid. Are we really ready to repel am attack from reddit users /bots?

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would they raid us when we are in agreement? Redditors hate the API changes just as much as us, I'm not sure why you think they would be hostile to Lemmy. After all, most of us were redditors a few weeks ago and we were open to the idea of Lemmy. There's got to be more people over there that are on the verge of leaving but just need a little push

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Maybe, we'll be safe because most people from reddit can't figure out how to join lemmy anyway I think lol

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Facts. Everyone been running around shrieking about how impossible signing up is because you have to checks notes pick a server.

[–] static_motion 9 points 1 year ago

Most people on Reddit can't wrap their heads around how Lemmy works.