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I'd assume people move when something better comes around.
But "better, more functional" is a relative term. Not sure that many here would be willing to forgo federation, and thus the independence from corporations, which especially don't like piracy.
Btw, have you specifically told people what about the UI/UX you find problematic, so that it could be improved?
And has kbin the same issue for you (as it federates as well, you can travel this community through kbin just fine)
I wonder how Raddle.me would be? They seem to have some policies similar to what I've seen for torrent sites
I like Raddle - They already tried moving the /r/Piracy community there earlier but it didn't pan out. There's still a /f/Piracy community there that could be used as a backup in case something goes wrong here.
Technically someone could set up a Postmill instance (Raddle's backend software) anywhere & have their own community along with it. One upside with Postmill is that it plays nice with Tor, Raddle itself has a Tor address so does not need to be accessed on the clearnet.
Is there a reason it didn't work out or was there just not the big push with Reddit when it was initially setup?
That's really for the admins to elaborate on if they wish - but there's a thread over there explaining the fallout https://raddle.me/f/meta/138290/r-anarchism-r-piracy-mod-decides-redfash-project-is-better
The short summary is that Raddle couldn't handle the influx of new signups while also dealing with spam issues (they closed new signups during that period). Also keep in mind Raddle's admin is anti Lemmy hence the reaction to /r/Piracy attempting a Lemmy move. All that aside the /f/Piracy community there still exists & probably would still serve as a smaller fallback IMO, certainly better than going back to Reddit.
What does Raddle's admin have against Lemmy?
Thanks for the link. That does make sense. I feel like that and the lack of a mobile app does complicate things