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The original was posted on /r/modcoord by /u/TheArstaInventor on 2024-01-03 17:59:34.

Original Title: Here is why I am disappointed with the organized Blackout (which seems no more), and now is the best time to make a mass-migration effort move to Lemmy (where reddit’s ex-3rd party app ecosystem has flocked to)

Disclaimer: Sorry if the write-up is a bit too long.

I am pretty shocked by how we handled the blackout and the whole Reddit API mess months ago but even more so now with everyone pretty much back to just using this platform.

I admit the blackout was pretty powerful while it happened but we did it for the wrong reason - The blackout hoped Reddit would notice our message and turn over it, but we all know that this was never going to happen.

It is STILL not too late, we can still organize and make a different mass migration, but a more effective and long-term migration happen, we as mods should do more and take that final dip and leave this platform for good, if the majority of mods leave, who would be here left to moderate all the communities? I doubt the admins would be FORM, and a set of admins CAN and DID control all the users and have complete control over this website, all the power we as users had was just shouting and complaining at them, which never had much effect especially if they really wanted to make something happen.

Isn’t ALL THAT enough for us to consider Lemmy? What happened has never shown us the importance of decentralization and open source code better than ever, do you think any of this could have happened if the platform was, at the least open source? And the API was free? Do you think admins would have censored a lot of things they did in Reddit’s history would have happened if this platform was decentralized or federated?

The blackout lead to several closures of communities for a few days just to be back, but I believe the whole blackout concept was the wrong way.

proposal strategy idea: What we should have done, was keep the communities open, but put it in restrict a few days weeklyand open it back up (back and forth) and have our alternative Lemmy communities PINNED, this way the Reddit communities would still be open the few other days in the week while not giving Reddit admins a reason to force us to reopen it or risk losing our mod positions in our communities due to being inactive.

It is STILL not too late, we can still organize and make a different mass migration, but a more effective and long-term migration happen, we as mods should do more and take that final dip and leave this platform for good, if the majority of mods leave, who would be here left to moderate all the communities? I doubt the admins would be able to do all that, we should follow a strategy like mentioned above and implement that.

Lemmy.world is now the biggest Reddit alternative and even has alternative UIs such as the old reddit and Lemmy as a platform now has over 14 third party apps, 14! Ex-developers from Sync and Boost have moved to Lemmy too, Lemmy has offered these ex-reddit third-party app ecosystem, what we majorly fought for, a permanent free home. I am not saying Lemmy is flawless (in-fact it’s far from it), but staying here doesn’t help either.

All moderators, it’s time we do something, please.

EDIT: The comment section shows why Reddit won, I have nothing else to say.