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?

  • xradeon@lemmy.one
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    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.

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      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.

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

        I’ll drink to that!

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        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

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          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.

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        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.

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

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

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

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