I would updoot that line of thinking, and award you Lemmy Gold.

Yup. What made me decide to leave is the fact that I’m going to a place full of people who don’t agree with Reddit’s policies, and who are willing to fight a modest learning curve to join a more future-proof community. I’d rather be with people who care about that kind of thing and are kind of nerds about it, even if it doesn’t have as much content as Reddit in its early days. It’s making me nostalgic for Reddit 12 years ago anyway.

I agree. If someone can’t even get through the incredibly mild filter of figuring out how to make a Lemmy account and deal with some of the community-finding niggles (or, heaven forbid, download a free third-party app that will streamline the whole process for you), then I seriously wonder what kind of positive contribution they would bring to the Fediverse.

There’s nothing elitist or unreasonable about this. Lots of friendly people to help them if they need some direction or getting up to speed.

I’m pretty stupid and don’t like reading big walls of text but I was able to work out the basics lying in bed with one eye open, and had started subbing to communities by the time I was having my first morning coffee.

Sure, I ended up changing my mind on instances a couple of times and now have a few dupe accounts, but I was good to go after about three days of playing around. And again, I’m stupid and easily distracted.

If other ex-redditors can’t work it out, they’re very welcome to stay where they are.

I haven’t seen many barriers to entry except with the first couple of instances I remember being linked to when this whole debacle began. Most of the instances I’ve joined since have been as simple as making a Reddit account.