We’re actually seeing a rise in new user applications over at Feddit.dk. The hostile behavior of the US has gotten some Reddit users to seek alternatives to american platforms.
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gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks agoand we’ll get another infusion of converts
You know, there was a great blog recently that wrote about this, that now is the perfect time to popularize the fediverse. That’s because as tensions with the US are rising, more people in europe are looking for alternative internet platforms to communicate over. So the fediverse can jump in here and offer itself as an alternative.
SorteKanin@feddit.dk 4 weeks ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
i suspect reddit has upped thier bannings recently, even banning anti-right wing views. plus they upped thier detection of people who are serial evaders, the ones that use hundreds of accounts to spam(not the propaganda bots though)
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
must be the “greenland invasion, distraction by trump thing recently”
zaphod@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
When I look at some generic instance’s unfiltered feed all I see is posts about USA/Trump. I can see how this might deter a lot of Europeans who are looking for alternatives to Reddit.
Blaze@piefed.zip 3 weeks ago
Piefed sign up process asks the new user if they want to mute Trump and Musk. That helps a bit.
FundMECFS@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
Yeah I’m ngl the All feed kinda sucks.
I don’t think people shouldn’t be talking about the horrors in the US but if “all” is just 5 LW posts in a row on US politics its not exactly enticing for a new user.
Eldritch@piefed.world 4 weeks ago
It’s not just Europe. Plenty of us in the United States looking to circumvent the vanguard party. And fascism is rising globally. We need decentralization and federation to survive going forward.
Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This.