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These people invested so much time and effort into their communities, I understand why they are doing all this to keep them
Mod of /r/homeimprovement here. I don't know that "keep" is the right word but we have built an amazing community over the years. The API changes rubbed us all the wrong way (as we all mod from third-party apps) but what really clinched it was the utter abhorrent treatment of us after we shut down. We are still shut down, and reddit continues to actively threaten UNPAID VOLUNTEERS. The free content and moderation is literally the only thing keeping reddit relevant. We are actively going to force reddit to replace us or backtrack. It will likely be the former, but at least we have made them work for it. It's sad really...I love the community but I'm not going to continue to be free labor for a company that simply doesn't give a single shit about us or their users.
r/homeimprovement was one of my favorite subs and a topic I hope takes off over here. Glad you all are sticking to your guns.
I hope it does too! This seems like a great place for the community to thrive. That said, I don't think I have it in me to mod again (at least not now). It's been...hard to say the least. But yeah, we are sticking it out until the end! I posted a "give it up for day 14" meme on our Discord today, lol.
EDIT: Oh, and thank you for the kudos on the community! We really do appreciate it!!
<3 yous. a lot of people now on lemmy are like "whatever I don't even remember reddit what was it even" because their minecraft memes or whatever have moved here or elsewhere. personally I found reddit the most remarkable for the non-tech subs. I am not worried about being unable to post to a linux forum because there are a bazillion of them. I do really mourn the DIY subs and other niches and hobbies. /r/homeimprovement was a great sub along with the constellation of related subs. I doubt /r/askanelectrician or /r/hardwoodfloors or /r/redneckengineering will be reestablished here even if a general /r/homeimprovement could find a footing. And they mutually feed into each other as communities. /r/homeimprovement wouldn't be able to thrive in the same way without the smaller subs and vice-versa. The large numbers of users who can easily discover new forums once they get into things in some way. That's how I got involved anyway so just extrapolating. :D
I noticed on the verge articles about reddit they have an open call for reddit mods to contact them. I would really love to see some coverage of non-tech subs and how this all is shaking out for them. I really do not think is is just OK to say "well, whatever" and just move on. I think people like you made reddit a fantastic place especially for the non-tech stuff. It is really really sad to see it all destroyed. I think at the very least the full carnage should be examined. Please pass tat thought to anyone else who might want to share. (There might be a better place to share than the verge; I don't follow tech news usually so I don't know it.)
But either way <3 yous. thank you for your service