danielHere we go, the AMA with /u/spez is live
From his responses you can see reddit will continue their path. and if you think about it, everything is going well for them.
the probability that a critical mass of users will leave is still quite low. they will get rid of a lot of moderators that don't fall in line. what is left will be a community that won't mind the direction reddit is going.
reddit will turn boring, but the shareholders won't care. as long as they manage to keep enough users after the api change the site will recover.
the only positive thing here is that a lot of dedicated people may join other platforms and start building new communities.
ValliacYeah, looking at the responses this is exactly what they want.
annenasThat's what I expected as well. My guess is that it's mostly somewhat tech savvy people that care about the changes. The more casual users will probably keep using reddit. Basically the lifecycle of most social media tbh
SkelectusYeah. I doubt there will be any mass migration. Instead, we'll have a few high quality users, which in my opinion is the best case.
Yeah, I actually don't mind the smaller user base. Although it looks like I'll have to miss out on a few things (r/HistoricalCostuming and r/FashionHistory users don't seem to be here yet in substantial numbers, for example). So long as we're all excellent to each other it's all good though (:
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maya ⛓️@annenas Really hoping that the userbase may spread out a bit, too. It's awesome that we've had v. techy early adopters but I'm really looking forward to other folks maybe coming on board
agree. I am hoping the federated instances wont be overwhelming for folks.
snarfBasically the lifecycle of most social media tbh
Enshittification!
Drew Got No ClueI’ve seen this word so many times today yet never before
I would venture a guess the more casual user's window into this is only the handful of posts on Reddit that bubble to the top of r/all of third party apps shutting down. If they are uses of those apps, they probably scroll right on by and are none the wiser about the larger implications of all of this. And why should they care? If it doesn't directly affect the way they use the platform, they will never even feel the impact of this.
I just find the whole thing really false and shut off.
The answers provided by spez are completely useless and don't really further any discussion. This is all about damage control for the upcoming IPO in my opinion. Without users, active moderators and people willing to engage and discuss... the product is going to burn at IPO.
Here's hoping enough people can get into some simple Lemmy instances and help the 'verse grow. Time for me to find communities for LEGO and watches!
Yeah. It’s like a toxic workplace. The old dogs might leave but those who hate change or new guys who don’t know how it used to be will stay