I’ve never been sentimental about a social media site but it’s sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It’s just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
Nah, reddit is a lame horse long past the point of getting put down being a merciful thing to do. The only reason it lasted so long is that there wasn’t a viable alternative because everything else that cropped up got overran by nazis or tankies (mostly nazis from what I’ve seen) and that’s why I’m glad reddit is cannibalizing itself. It’s going to give rise to the fediverse because it can’t be overran by either side of the damn horseshoe and it can’t be overtaken by corporate interest which is going to attract the middle of the road user that makes up the majority; yeah it’ll take some time but it’ll happen and I’m not saying it’ll be the main thing, I’m just saying it’ll be a viable alternative.