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I've seen some more people mentioning it in the comments which is great. And I agree that we should be trying to get new members, however, I think we should be careful with it. One of the things that makes snapzu great is the strength of its community. It has a lot of people who really want to be here and want to have a great community. I think the invite system on the exclusivity has really helped because it has given us time to build our culture. So while we should be posting invites, getting out the word, we should make sure to not spam and try to avoid becoming the circlejerk. We don't want to be thrown around reddit like voat is being as "the savior". We want to be thrown around because we are an actually great site. Of course, that doesn't mean we shouldn't have these invite dumps like we have had, but keep them in subs and posts where people are actually looking for an improved alternatives. Also, we shouldn't have them too much as that defeats the point of the invite system and exclusivity.

Truthfully, what makes me happiest is the fact that this is actually happening. Reddit at its core was founded on great principles. Those principles have been sacrificed and as a result, we're taking action by moving to other platforms to regain the experience that once drew us to reddit.

I don't think our "movement" has caused any noticeable fluctuation in reddit's advertising revenue or daily hits. But in a way, I'm okay with that. I'm not looking to bring down reddit, I'm looking to find a home on the internet. After all, any front page of the internet gets stale eventually.

Also, kind of gushing here, but as a front end developer, I have to say, I'm in love with Snapzu's UI.

First, some background: I just joined yesterday; I found this website from /r/RedditAlternatives.

I think one of the biggest hindrances to growth that any application or website will face when positioning itself as an alternative to Reddit is going to be people's fear of readjusting to a relatively new, and certainly much smaller, community. I joined Reddit back in 2011, and while I certainly wasn't a senior member there, I was definitely present for many of the major transitions Reddit went through. It's only been recently (within the last year), that I've been unhappy with Reddit. Despite my unhappiness, I found myself continually resigning my reservations as me being overly critical. However, any of those times I would have been more than willing to signup for whatever alternative existed had I truly believed I would encounter the same diversity of content and opinion as is (or at least used to be) present on Reddit.

With that said, my recommendation for this community is to simply continue contributing and engaging as you currently are. What convinced me to join Snapzu yesterday was the fact that there seemed to be genuinely interesting conversations occurring here, and that's exactly what I was hoping to find! Assuming people keep the conversations flowing and continue building out your tribes, then the only other thing to consider is how exactly to raise people's awareness to the fact that Snapzu exists. If raising awareness to Snapzu's existence is truly what you want, then continuing to engage the Reddit community and invite members over to Snapzu seems to be a pretty sound strategy. It's only a matter of time...

I do, I just wish I had more invites to pass around. I hope the invite system is passed soon, this is the perfect time for a huge influx.

Not gonna lie, I've shared it before but I always seem late to the game. It's almost like u have to jump in at JUST the right time and then have a ton of luck to get heard on there. But I'll continue doing so when I can, and I'll also always up vote any mention of Snapzu that I see. Just doing my civil duties as a fellow snapzite.

Honestly, I found this place because I went looking for an alternative. I've been thinking about it for a couple of years thanks to repeated fiascoes with reddit moderation and subreddit mods who are doing the job primarily for the prestige or an ideological axe to grind rather than to serve the community trying to participate there.

But I'm not bitter.

It's true that tinpot tyrants are going to be a problem in any system with moderation, but one day I hope to find a site where volunteer moderators can be held accountable to the user base and not be allowed to grab power with impunity.

As for enticing new users? I found this place through /r/redditalternatives although it would probably be more effective to buy an ad. I haven't yet given up on reddit, but I have enjoyed what I've seen of this place so far.

The only thing that will make the community grow in the long-term is generating more content, it's useless that people know of the site if when they get here they don't see anything of their interest; they'll go back to reddit because it's got more active users and a major flux of content. Sure, it's foolish to think a relatively new website will have an alternative for some of your most specific and niche subreddits, what matters is letting the new users know that even if that particular content isn't available for now, it can be available at some point, at to motivate them to create and manage that content on their own. The invitation system should stay as long as we get a stronger, more stablished community and more variety in regards to content.

I've started by telling my friends who also used reddit.

And let's not forget, that the best way to make Snapzu more popular, is to generate more quality content here. People on Digg knew about Reddit, because Digg often took content from Reddit. Imagine if people on Reddit (or wherever else) start saying: "Meh, old, saw it on Snapzu yesterday."

The one thing that you all have to remember is reddit has that image site linked to it so it brings out the freaks at times. I have been on reddit for a few years, joined it for basically unbiased news but now its just got nasty . Do you all really want that here ? Granted I have only been here a few days and already I like it more then any other since Digg bit it. A person can take only so much nudity,gross and bloody pics and nasty comments before they say enough. It all started over there because a few mods banned a hate sub that had to do with over weight people. Do we really want that sort of thing here ?

I think the best we did was the invite giveaway on /r/redditalternatives. Doing any advertising outside that area that's specifically meant for advertising alternatives would probably be frowned upon. I guess if a user mentions they're looking for another place we could reply with a Snapzu invite, but I wouldn't bring the issue up. But I'd definitely check the subs where Redditors are dissenting and revolting.

EDIT: Also, keep a look out for people wanting to join but need an invite.

To all redditors following the mass-migration, I suggest PM'ing a good friend your codes, and making sure they share too!

I've always been of the opinion that when it comes to online sites, let the site decide the meaning of it's name, and the users dictate its content and growth.

For example: SuperCoolForums might not be super cool, but Gizaggu might mean nothing, but a few years down the track people will say, that's a super cool forum. The same can be said about the content and growth. Try to tell the users what the site is about and you will have slow growth due to limiting the subjects they can talk about. Encourage talk about anything, and watch the site grow. Limits limit.

I posted my invite code to one of my favorite subreddits and it got downvoted to 0 almost immediately. I did get a comment, though :)

I also have left Reddit for the same ideological reasons that many others have. I do think that some moderation within the community is a good thing, but it needs to be transparent. In response to moderation, I wish there was a public archive that showed the activities of the mods. However, sitewide censorship is dangerous and I don't think that the site admins should silence any community unless they are actively engaging in illegal activity.

I've noticed that Reddit's quality has decayed over the years but I was able to mitigate this by choosing my subreddits, but now that Reddit admins have engaged on the sanitization of it's user base, Im done. Im a bit disgruntled because I know that it will take many years for another community to take Reddit's place and it's all because Ellen Pao want's to monetize the community for her own self interests. That being said the migration from Reddit will help strengthen the online community of freethinkers in the long run.

In terms of Recruitment, just do whatever you're doing. I wouldn't actively recruit, it's a shitstorm over there right now and you I would stay away from recruiting "hate".

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I just decided to scale back if not end my redditing because of the free speech violations there.

Here's what I think:

1. Where the fuck is the porn here?!?

2. We need a gonewild alternative here.

3. Really need to go away from invite only.

4. Need to post on every major subreddit calling people here regularly.