Should Lemmy buy ads on Reddit? ( fedidb.org )

User count has plateaued at about 420K

Active user count rose significantly between 2/24 37K to 3/24 51K

Hopefully users who signed up last year are coming back to use their accounts.

Maybe because they're tired of ads on reddit?

Should we put together a collection and and buy an ad campaign on Reddit?

I can see it now:

"Ads suck. We're ad-free forever. Join Lemmy."

and

"He'll never get us. Join Lemmy." or "Don't let him get you. Join Lemmy"

FunkyMonk ,

Only if it attracts Mike Pondsmith only.

secret300 ,

I get the idea. I'd like to see more users on Lemmy too but I don't think ads are the way to go. The best bet is probably more OC content and questions being answered as I've started seeing Lemmy post appear in Google searches.

I would love to see a collection of donations for Lemmy to get more developed which I think would be a much better use than ads.

I think currently the best way to get more users is word of mouth. For now...

MrFunnyMoustache ,

Personally, I would never give Reddit a single penny. Their garbage CEO does plenty to get people to leave and I am sure it will keep like that.

missingno ,
@missingno@kbin.social avatar

Do not give Reddit money.

otter ,
@otter@lemmy.ca avatar

My reasons against that

  • we'd be directly giving money to Reddit
  • users dislike the places they see ads about, and it would appear extra desperate because of the point above
  • money is better spent supporting developers and content creators on here

Not to mention that Reddit will probably shut that down

That doesn't mean we don't do anything though. A number of subreddits continue to have automod messages and pinned posts directing people elsewhere. There are a lot of people on Reddit who WANT things to succeed here.

So some other ways to help.

On Reddit:

  • work with subreddits to set up parallel communities here, and ease the transition of people moving

  • find subreddits that benefit from backups / fediverse communities, and work with them to improve things

On the fediverse:

  • write up guides and update existing resources to help newcomers

  • Post interesting content on the fediverse. People use things they get value out of, and new people won't stay if things are quiet here. Set up an RSS feed, share the cool videos you see, write about your thoughts on casual communities.

Specifically financial:

  • Donate to the development of a project you like. If you can, reoccurring donations provide stability for the developers to work on things.

  • Donate to the instances that are running the services and platforms

TLDR:

  • Money can help, but paying for ads isn't the way to go (at least not yet)
otter ,
@otter@lemmy.ca avatar

I do like your ad ideas nonetheless @zabadoh. If we were swimming in money, it could be more of a discussion

A near black screen with small text at the bottom would be fun. "Ads suck, so we removed one for you. Come to the Fediverse for ad-free social media"

jeena ,
@jeena@jemmy.jeena.net avatar

No. We should not give them our money.

If anything then we should post more links to relevant original Lemmy content on other platforms.

Omgarm ,

OC is needed and should then shared on Reddit. But Reddit has changed to incentivize content posted on Reddit, so any OC will probably be stolen.

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