In their defense, for someone who has never heard of Lemmy/the fediverse, it's reasonable for them to be cautious. So many other platforms are VC funded, do guerilla marketing, have hidden agendas, etc. It's especially bad on Reddit with all the AI astroturfing now.

I've seen a bit of that in the Canadian reddit comms, where new users are initially concerned that they're joining another american tech startup's platform. Once they learn how the network works, how the software is open source, and (specific to lemmy.ca) that the site is managed by a non-profit and the servers are in Vancouver, they're more excited about it :)

We out here shilling for Big Lemmy

Not a huge surprise that one of the largest reddit replacements gets suggested frequently is it?

That looks like a healthier discussion than I would have feared below the post.

Like it or not, Lemmy/Piefed/MBin are the best replacement for a reddit-like experience, the other alternatives I have seen suggested have even more problems with active user count, or are much more specific and not aiming to be like reddit at all (e.g. Hackernews)

I think either these people just aren't aware or don't understand that the biggest alternative will be suggested more, or they're arguing in bad faith because they want to prevent people from leaving Reddit, something that is not at all uncommon on that sub, unfortunately.

We're enthusiastic. Very enthusiastic.

Where's the love for piefed bots? I'm ~~god's~~ rimu's strongest soldier

It couldn’t possibly be that the platform is good!

They should probably just stay on Reddit then

Right? What about kbin? Are there any other Reddit-like sites?