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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 (1 children)

I am feeling the same, reddit became too large for me, and while I think they could at least try to make it good place for smaller communities (like recommending small subreddits, allowing for beter moderation...) they focused just on growth.

I am not certain advertisers will be happy with just teenagers (who don't spend much money) over there.

Same as YouTube, I get it that big channels make money, but I don't like all polishing and teams of professionals "creating content" for me. I want to listesten to my peers, sharing their thoughts and hobbies, maybe promoting themselves amd their business... but current situation is unusable. I never see recommend video without milions of views, I don't even know how to find those small channels - if they even exist anymore.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm with you on that last paragraph. I've dropped all my streaming apps for YouTube at this point. I just genuinely like the feel of smaller YouTubers. I follow some that have millions of subscribers, but the ones I enjoy the most are small time creators. One of my favorites has a few thousand subscribers right now, and I get excited every time they upload a new video.