While CEO Steve Huffman may be dismissive of the thousands of subreddits going dark to protest his planned API changes,...

While CEO Steve Huffman may be dismissive of the thousands of subreddits going dark to protest his planned API changes,…

  • nostalgia_for_infinity@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I agree that it is a sobering number. I don’t expect Reddit to die by losing 7%, but that number probably represents a very large absolute number, some of which is directed at alternatives like Lemmy and Kbin. If a threshold has now been passed (which I think it has) and the alternatives are/will offer a better solution, then in time Reddit may be in trouble.

    For me the “win” since the start of the black out has been whether alternatives can be legitimized.

    • sean@lemm.ee
      1·
      1 year ago

      I definitely agree with you! It’s neat to have alternatives available. So far I feel that comments are higher quality here. So even if reddit goes on, I can enjoy the interaction here.

      • hydrospanner@vlemmy.net
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s the classic catch-22 of internet communities, though: as a community grows, there’s a gradual trade of quality of the average individual post in exchange for a higher population and the increased overall activity that it brings.

        The former attracts the latter and the latter provides the critical mass of buzz and activity that tends to foster longevity.

    • sirvesa@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      And it does seem that Lemmy/Kbin are growing by leaps and bounds even day over day. I don’t need to go back as this place is viable.

    • Thorvid_botlakhan@vlemmy.net
      0·
      1 year ago

      Well although i would have liked a bigger hit for reddit and a lot of people leaving and joining alternatives, for me the win has been me switching to Lemmy as well as other people that are the types of people that made me enjoy reddit.

      Tbh i didn’t use reddit much in the last 3-4 years because of stipid SJW and woke dumb fucks that crowded the space bringing up useless conversations in the frontpage.

      But also in niche communities there was a lot of duplicated threads of the same questions/threads because nobody wanted to google first before posting.

      I had time to post comments on lemmy like 3 times, and all the times I got to interact with people that seemed really engaged and friendly, that reminded me of my first introduction to Reddit 8 years ago.

      I just need more time to contribute and enjoy it here, and kinda like that assholes are stuck on reddit.

      I also need to find some good places for torrents around here xD