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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] 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Maybe I'm pessimistic but I have little to no faith that the blackout, especially if only 2 days for some subreddits, will have any impact at all. Most likely what will happen is everyone will just scroll like normal, get bored with no content and do something else. They'll come back a few days later and everything will be normal. Most people probably really don't even care, unfortunately. :/

For reddit itself, I think they're going with game plan of throwing this shit out there and then going radio silent knowing that nothing is really going to happen. For them, no PR is probably the best move really.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think a lot of the old core group will actually end up leaving by the end of this business. The question is will it matter. Can the site be successful as it transform itself into an also-ran tiktok-clone?

The good news is that those of us who move on won't have to worry about it anymore.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

The good news is that those of us who move on won’t have to worry about it anymore.

I'll drink to that!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know that as soon as baconreader dies, my 14 year stint on reddit is over. I'm guessing I'm not alone and those using RIF and Apollo are also going away.

I hope lemmy is ready :D

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

You and me, brother. I've used Baconreader for over a decade and it was a great experience, but it's time to move on.

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

I'm treating reddit like an ex. Good luck, but not my problem anymore. If it succeeds, good for them. If it doesn't, I probably won't find out. I've got other things I rather focus on.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Spez is going to do an AMA tomorrow. That's definitely going to be interesting...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

It might be interesting to read about it on here because I'm not going back there.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I see that as a good thing. I don't want all of reddit coming here and ruinng the atmosphere of this place.

[–] pax 2 points 2 years ago

I'm from reddit exodus, I was on fedi before. just moderate those evil and ban em from our nice communities.