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Have a look at this thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1507unf/post_why_dont_reopen_here_completely/
People were being told to move to Lemmy, but they fiercely refused, sometimes being utterly agressive.
And this is a Unixporn community, which is supposed to be aware of FOSS.
Reddit users don't want to be solved.
I have made similar experience with the community I moderate (linux specific).
There is an easy explanation for this:
A lot of people in IT are autistic (as am I) and we don’t react well to change (often). That plus reddit can be a cesspool at times explains why they react this way. But although I hate change, I got the message because people didn’t give up on me. I was subjected to arguments without being lectured all the time so I could explore in my own pace. So I won‘t give up on others. Easy as that. :)
You make a good point, that could be part of the issue.
Happy to have you here in any case!
That’s very nice of you to say. Thank you. I‘m very glad to have found this place. And I like it a lot more than reddit for multiple reasons. :) have a good one.
Thank you, you too! :)