I was on Discuit during/before the Squabbles(Squabblr) drama, and traffic to the site has died down considerably. I assume most people went back to Reddit having exhausted their search for a Reddit alternative.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 10 points 8 months ago

Or, hopefully, some ended up on federated platforms. Like yourself - I'm happy you're here!

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What was the Squabbles drama? I remember that site being touted by some as a Reddit alternative during the APIcalypse but I never really cared for it for various reasons, both with the site itself and its founder.

I never really followed it further beyond making an account, though, as I ended up here.

[–] JaymesRS@literature.cafe 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Short version is that the admin went frEe SPeECh ABsOLutIsT, it went about as well as that kind of thing usually does and most users left.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 4 points 8 months ago

I see. I did get some bad vibes from him from the off so I'm not completely surprised. I'm glad I never invested any time or effort into that site. I hope some of the users leaving found Lemmy.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 3 points 8 months ago

This is the tl;dr I wish I wrote, but am saving for next time.