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The issue is that a lot of them died when Reddit became mainstream. Go back to some of the ones still standing - the activity isn't what it used to be. You see a post every few days on some of them. Why would I post on such sites if no one is going to reply? Might as well post on Reddit lol, where I will get a response within an hour at least.
Very true. I still visit one daily, but that's really the exception. To complete what we previously said, I guess that instead of 2000s message boards, people will gradually move to Lemmy instances, or other alternatives such as kb.bin. The experience is closer to Reddit, and allows for more conversation potential (threads vs chronological order)
IDK. I think Reddit will survive this controversy. Most people have really short memories. Lemmy's growing but still doesn't offer the level of activity that most users are looking for - people don't want to want hours or days with no replies to their post.
undefined> people don’t want to want hours or days with no replies to their post.
True, but at the same time the people replying to them the most are probably the ones that are going to move away, leaving only an empty land lacking actual value. I wasn't there when Digg died, but I guess it was a similar process.
The thing with the digg death was that there was already a Reddit community there; it was smaller perhaps but there would almost always be someone to read your post.
Theres a line of popularity that matters, sure, but the % activity of a place is much more important than just sheer numbers