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    1 year ago

    I feel like the vast majority of casual users won’t really bother switching. I only bothered cos Reddit was the only thing even remotely close to social media that I used

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      1 year ago

      The casuals aren’t the core reddit, and the core are the very important mods and the people that are very active, they bring most value and most content, without them reddit is basically brainded, they might pull traffic for some time, but many subs will shut down forever and no causal user is suitable to moderate.

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          1 year ago

          Oh we do… My first reddit account is 12 years old and i have been contributing a lot… I just effectively quit besides advertising lemmy XD

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            1 year ago

            I meant more that we’re kidding ourselves that the site won’t survive without us. I’m hoping it doesn’t, but if you go there now, everything still looks alive and active.

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              1 year ago

              Right now, yes. After 1 Juli?.. Eh.

              Its not like we are the only people leaving, the communities im active in have gotten less traffic in recent days than they have usually, idk if thats just a little statistical noise, or if its a first step.

              Reddit relies heavily on community mods, and they rely on their api access.

              I just hope reddit dies now.

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      1 year ago

      That’s what I was wondering, if it would feel less like a “great migration” and more like a “great filtration.” Which ideally would mean varied yet like-minded users, if that somehow makes sense.

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        1 year ago

        That is a great way to look at it. I left FB at least 10 years ago. I ended up arguing with a family member and realized how pointlessly stupid the entire platform was for me. I didn’t use social media other than reddit for nearly a decade.

        It’s just time to move on to the next thing. It’s weird because that jump has to happen with other people but not too many.

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      Per social media, it was my only personal one. I started my own community and ran it for years on their site. The reason I left is because it’s becoming blatantly obvious that money is driving decisions. While that’s a valid way to decide things, it’s not how I decide, nor want my interactions with others decided.