Awareness of our "brand" could definitely be improved yet. 50k of people on the internet isn't even a drop in the bucket.

I haven't been to Reddit since the 3rd party ban other to try to search for product reviews, so I'm totally clueless as to the state of things there and I avoid most Lemmy posts about Reddit as well as it's too close to stalking an ex for me. We broke up for a reason and we should leave it at that!

I'll welcome anyone looking to come here to have a pleasant time though. I don't want to get all gatekeepy about this place though, as it's here for everyone, but I'd definitely prefer that they're people that conduct themselves politely, and not the standard Reddit or 4chan stereotype behavior, but that's what happens if/when this place ever starts getting more mass migration from other platforms.

I really wish Beehaw would have played out a bit different. I think they had good intent, but clamped down on things a bit too fast and they cut off their growth too early. For me at least. I haven't been on there in a few months, but when they talked about leaving Lemmy, I just couldn't invest the effort in jumping ship again as I was starting to enjoy what I was fostering here.