That being said my biggest gripe with subs going dark is most of them are resorting to discord as the reddit alternative (which it really isn't). I do wish more subs were willing to add a join us on lemmy in the blackout message since it would aid in transferig communities (although idk how lemmy is with not tech savy people).
I just signed up here as a result of looking for a Reddit alternative. Honestly I'd like to see federated alternatives to social media in general so I'm sticking around. Hopefully others do the same