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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] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The thing with these sites is that only a tiny proportion of users create content. For Reddit it's even worse, since they also need subreddit moderators, essentially employees working for free. So, tens of thousands of users leaving will definitely have an impact since in this case it's old power users who make content, and mods. Will the site "die"? Nope, we'll see it working for a long, long time, but will be a shadow of what it used to be, for example i remember the Obama AMA and many similar high-profile ones, that's not gonna happen anymore or will be reduced greatly.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

The thing with these sites is that only a tiny proportion of users create content. For Reddit it’s even worse

Exactly. You see a sub with 5 million subscribers and when you sort by new it's essentially empty. A small minority keeps Reddit going. The karma nuts are making Reddit what it is.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I think the AMA stuff has really died already. But I'm not sure the big content creators will leave. They are doing it for the audience and the karma and Lemmy doesn't have either.

I also think that others will rise to fill any gap. Over time this leads to lower quality content, but the peak of reddit is well over so probably people still won't notice.