Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak?

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Seriously, what's up with big sites literally dying as we speak? - Lemmy

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?

The reality is that nothing is really dying and nothing is really changing. Twitter is still fully operational and other than a small hit nothing happened. Twitch already did a step back. For Reddit we'll see but only a really small percentage of reddit is using third party apps.
I think the "the internet is dying" perspectives are all incredibly overblown. They aren't going anywhere anytime soon. I remember all of the "Facebook is dead, I don't know anyone using Facebook!" posts, but I suspect many here are invested in some index fund that is being pulled upwards by Meta.
But how many people are still exchanging facebook contacts? Because I haven't met anyone anymore ...

Good point! I suspect it's a lot more than we think. My parents are definitively still involved in doing this.

But on the other hand, does exchanging contacts mean anything to Facebook anymore? I don't think that's important to their income stream anymore. If the OP meant "these sites are still going strong but aren't what they were when they began", then of course I agree.

I was never much into the Facebook thing because I didn't join it at its peak, but when already most people I would have connected stopped using it.

But I remember there was a time where when you met someone and wanted to stay in contact you exchanged the facebook info.

Nowdays its Line.

Isn't like a Japanese thing? I only have heard about it in anime.
Japan, and larger Asian area, I think Korea, Taiwan too.
I don't think I have any social media I ask for when I meet someone besides their number (and hopefully they are using Signal 😎)
Signal is the way to go :)