Most went to telegram. But telegram is really more for sharing memes and vids than for discussion. So you need a forum. But: poal has gayer admins than reddit even, talk.lol has a pedo infestation and lazy admin, and here is dead.
You do have to ask for permission before being granted access to board creation. You can blame rdrama.net porn and *wiggercide* spammer trolls for that.
this site is the most responsive of other reddit alternatives, for me
seemed like it started with a decent crowd
I guess there's just more people elsewhere so the network effect keeps some people back?
:(