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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I think inevitably Reddit's utter collapse will be power mods causing intense drama as well the mods who are actually capable of curating content properly having left. I was surprised no hate subs spawned from the migration away from reddit, but I realized something. The people who would likely moderate hate subs now moderate the mainstream subs. Shit is going to hit the fan.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think the next time the owners do something stupid there will be a similar exodus, and there will already be larger alternative communities available than there were last time and more people will leave and stay left. I think it could also happen the same way more than twice.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

That's what happened with twitter and mastodon. People will come in waves.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Agreed, I think Reddit is going to die in fits and bursts and the fediverse will continue to build momentum with each wave. I think it’s arguable that we’re already starting to see this shift happen with Twitter and Mastodon. A behemoth like Reddit was never going to die overnight, but the users who really care have left or will leave soon. And it’s those users who made Reddit what it was, not its scale imo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

the best of the best are slowly decamping one by one. I see old communities on here all the time

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Hah, so Reddit will force the crybabies to grow up or die trying, win-win!