the most egregious example I can think of is antiwork in reddit. Posters there love to rant against companies, but they also give good advice regarding laws in different states and is a good source to deal with micromanagers and toxic workplaces.
But it's like they simply don't think that reddit is making money with every post they write. It's like they're working for the enemy they so much despise, a large corporation.
It baffles me that people keep posting there. Is the fediverse alternative really that bad?
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Inertia
People don't leave until they have a compelling reason to leave. They will stay put until something pushes them to move. Bad corporate practices are not that strong an effect—boycotting every bad company in 2024 is not a thing people are trying to do, the world doesn't work like that.
Positive Network Effects
The size and value of Reddit's network still dwarves the fediverse, and that's the primary value of any social network—the people you can interact with.
Still, it's pretty much just computer nerds here. Sure, that does drive Lemmy development, but we do also want people like, let's say, the DIY folks or carpenters/welders onboard here... just generally creative people.
But, I seriously doubt that will happen in the near future. They just don't really care about software freedom or corporate abuse. Reddit or any other social media is just a means to an end for them, and that is totally fine, I completely understand their POV, which basically means, they're not gonna leave corporate social media... ever (maybe not never, but definitely not in the forseable future). Why? Cuz it's stable AF, everyone's already there and there is no such thing as federation problems. People like that, especially people that just don't get what this corporate abuse hype is all about 🤷.
we do also want people like, let’s say, the DIY folks or carpenters/welders onboard here… just generally creative people.
I've been posting a lot in !malefashionadvice (I can't remember if I linked that correctly but I'm sure you can figure it out). I rarely get comments, and I'm just about the only one posting.
People here need to make an effort to talk about non-techy non-fediverse hobbies. People need to actively post in small communities and engage positively with the posts they do see. It'll be work to get this culture going.
People know Reddit sucks, but don't entirely understand why the fediverse should be better, or how to pick a server / service / app / website / etc. Or they haven't heard of the fediverse. Or they recognize that it straight up doesn't solve their problem.
Oh yeah, I remember, you posted about this problem once. Good to hear from you ☺️.
There was some traction at the beginning, with the big move, but that was about it 🤷. Those communities are essentially abandoned, since the comm owners were basically the only ones posting there. I have a few comms that I tried to maintain with posts, and some even had posts from other users, but the instance went down 😔. So, I just gave up, I mean, it was hard enough to post new stuff in them, and now I have to recreate them on another instance and maintain them again (with posts, if nothing else). I just gave up. It basically boils down to one person doing the job of at least a few people, not to mention that you're probably the owner of at least a few other comms, so it sums up to one person maintaining that niche aspect of Lemmy... sorry, but I might do it, some day (again), but I just don't have the time now.