Oh geeze, so much. "Hey just grab Signal real quick, it's super simple and private and SMS seems to get worse as time goes on anyway. Plus I can send you better pictures and videos!"

"Lol meh why you tryin to sell it to me."

It's weird, the things people really dig in their heels on. They'll download apps for the silliest thing but "another chat app" is such an inconvenience.

It's the only reason I think reddit dot com still resolves at all anymore. If the users weren't the product, to both the company and other users, better alternatives would be the norm by now.

I don't see why you need to bring everyone over with you. Even just a hundred is more than enough for a community

I tried to get my friend group to move to Signal from FB messenger because I did not want that nasty shit on my phone anymore. They were not interested at all and acted like it was the most inconvenient thing in the world. I ended up uninstalling FB messenger anyway and only check it on my desktop and rarely respond now unless it is a one on one conversation or directed at me in a group chat. I told them if they want/need to get in touch with me right away to use old school SMS or actually call me.

I agree. That's why me and all my friends are on Friendster.

This is the truth that it hurts. Then again, they are non techy folks and use what mainstream uses

The assumption here is that mods moving is enough.

The mods didn’t have to move the community, just move themselves and let nature sort things out.

You don't have to imagine it. The official piracy subreddit did it.