The last major holdouts in the protest against Reddit’s API pricing relented, abandoning the so-called “John Oliver rules” which only allowed posts featuring the TV host. It's the official end of the battle. The Reddit protest is over, and Reddit won.
Sadly, I still have to go back to Reddit since it’s the only way to get information for certain niche communities
Why haven’t you created those communities here and go post over there that they exist outside Reddit?
Just because you create a niche community in Lemmy, doesn’t mean you’ll get enough people to help answer your questions. It’s hard to get more people into a niche community. And don’t forget that most people online are lurkers. Even if a place looks like they have a lot of subscribers, most of them don’t actually post/comment.
Been thinking of doing that, but haven’t because:
I don’t think I’m active enough to create a community nor do I know how to manage it properly and allow it to grow. And,
Usually I only go on Reddit for information I need right away or as soon as possible. So, Reddit is still more convenient than creating a new community for that topic.
But who knows. Maybe one day I’ll get around to making community.
Probably not a big deal, as long as you don’t log in
The whole API fiasco caused me to delete my Reddit account, after being in the site since 2013 :)