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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think it's all part of a cycle. Right as a phoenix burns off the last of its light the eggs can be seen forming within the ash.

Twitter, Reddit probably won't be going away anytime soon but they could feasibly end up as the ashes of what they once were.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well Reddit is banning people for talking about Lemmy. My account was perma-banned as well as my IP.

Reddit is going to turn away a lot of their users by blanket banning them lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

If my account gets banned on Reddit, that makes choosing whether to stay active on there or not easy for me!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Reddit is already ashes of what it once was.

I think reddit peaked around the time it started changing which subs were front page (8-10 years ago now?). One place I was very active at the time moved from being a medium size, great community to being overwhelmed by people who had no sincere interest in the topic but were happy to karma removed.

The sub became larger than ever by capitalizing on the community that built it but its value about its topic evaporated. Reddit has been making similar moves ever since. Karma-removed dominates pretty much every non-niche sub now.

*The removed that caught the filter refers to the act of getting something in exchange for performing an act eyeroll

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I get what you mean. The best subs are ones with few member but very active and interested in the subject.