I’m not. But it’s probably the same reason as WhatsApp in Europe. Why be on WhatsApp when you can be on signal (or whatever). The answer is: that’s where the people are. The fediverse is amazing. And I’ve totally switched over and don’t use reddit anymore. But it has but a tiny fraction of the users compared to reddit.
For example. /r/TipOfMyJoystick has multiple posts daily. !TipOfMyJoystick@retrolemmy.com hasn’t had activity in months. It’s the nature of a smaller user base.
Also WhatsApp is from 2009, Signal 2015 (but gained popularity later) as Reddit is from 2005 and the fediverse became “popular” in small niches after the mods exodus a couple of years ago
I’m not. But it’s probably the same reason as WhatsApp in Europe. Why be on WhatsApp when you can be on signal (or whatever). The answer is: that’s where the people are. The fediverse is amazing. And I’ve totally switched over and don’t use reddit anymore. But it has but a tiny fraction of the users compared to reddit.
For example. /r/TipOfMyJoystick has multiple posts daily. !TipOfMyJoystick@retrolemmy.com hasn’t had activity in months. It’s the nature of a smaller user base.
Also WhatsApp is from 2009, Signal 2015 (but gained popularity later) as Reddit is from 2005 and the fediverse became “popular” in small niches after the mods exodus a couple of years ago