Are we likely to see another large-scare exodus to the Threadiverse as reddit begins rolling out age-verification worldwide?

not if they dont hear about it

We need to start spreading word of mouth, with posters, etc.

People already know - that’s the problem.

See e.g. these comments from a community that a couple of months ago was considering whether to switch from Reddit to the Threadiverse (www.reddit.com/r/…/should_we_switch_to_lemmy/):

I tried switching to Lemmy a long time ago, but that place is toxic and full of weird people.

There are big pockets of radical tankie communities on Lemmy that like trolling and being toxic

There are a lot more reasons than this but having spent the last 3 years on the fediverse alternatives, and just seen the shit that happens over there, I feel very confident in saying it will not ever serve as a serious Reddit alternative. It will serve as something, but not Reddit

Lemmy is shit. So is reddit but Lemmy is shittier

Sadly, these seem representative of how people think of us here. You can see it for yourself too: simply browse most instances from an account without your existing blocks, in order to see what it is like from the eyes of a Redditor. Worse, they are primarily religious (Christian, Muslim, Mormon, whatever) centrists, and not only do they not FEEL welcomed here, but… in truth… they AREN’T ⁉️

Many also use - <gasp> - fucking Windows!!1! (Or Macs) People here are extremely toxic towards viewpoints seen as totally, completely, 💯% incorrect.

Which makes sense. But then it begs the question: people keep saying that we should try to increase the number of people coming here from Reddit but like… do we really want that? Truly?