Bold of you to assume I was more than a lurker on reddit. /s
On a more serious note, although that does MAYBE help spread awareness, it does not stop the fact that reddit would be getting the initial traffic. The one searching for information would be directed to reddit via a Google search, then hear about Lemmy in the comment. This still leads to reddit getting traffic, which is ultimately not the goal. Additionally, because our hypothetical “researcher” is only looking for answers in this case, I doubt they’d be motivated to sign up for Lemmy purely out of gratitude.
Bold of you to assume I was more than a lurker on reddit. /s
On a more serious note, although that does MAYBE help spread awareness, it does not stop the fact that reddit would be getting the initial traffic. The one searching for information would be directed to reddit via a Google search, then hear about Lemmy in the comment. This still leads to reddit getting traffic, which is ultimately not the goal. Additionally, because our hypothetical “researcher” is only looking for answers in this case, I doubt they’d be motivated to sign up for Lemmy purely out of gratitude.