phase_changeJun 12, 2023

Reddit already looks different for me

https://sh.itjust.works/post/46442

Reddit already looks different for me - sh.itjust.works

It’s not even June 12 for me, yet I suspect many subreddits went dark based on UTC. I moved to Reddit during the Digg migration. Thus, I got the default subscriptions from back in the day. Over the years, I’ve unsubscribed to things I felt were crap, and I’ve added a number of subreddits. Already, many have gone dark. My old.Reddit.com [http://old.Reddit.com] homepage already looks much different than normal, and I know that a few subreddits that do show have announced they’ll go dark. I assume they are US based and timing that locally. I’ve spent more time in the Lemmy fediverse than on Reddit since joining, but I’ve spent time on both. I’ll admit to cynical skepticism of the impact of the darkening. I still don’t think it will make a difference in Reddit policy, but I now believe it will have a larger impact on Reddit traffic than I imagined. I still expect it to have no change in Reddit attitude or really in Reddit users.

Show threadxavier666Jun 12, 2023
I'm expecting the CEO to push back the date of the API implementation by a month or two (still a bit doubtful) but I don't see him changing his original stance given his narcissistic attitude.
Show threadHamartiogonicJun 12, 2023
I’m expecting the API change to happen exactly as planned. As a result all 3rd party apps will die by the end of this month, and the user count will take a severe hit. Many essential mod tools will stop working, so those who actually found the default app tolerable, will get to see all subs go downhill since they aren’t really being moderated anymore. As a result, the user count will continue to decline in the following months as people come to terms with Reddit sucking harder than before. Oh, but then it gets even worse when the spam bots and official ads start taking over every sub. Most likely the next year is going to be very rough in terms of user count.
Show threadxavier666Jun 12, 2023
Unlike other social media sites, where people stick around because of family and friends, at reddit-like sites, people stick around for the content and discussion. Once the content gets taken over by spam-bots, it's over.
Show threadHamartiogonicJun 12, 2023
As far as I’m concerned, Reddit just died today. It’s game over now. Time to start over somewhere else.
Show threadAdamEatsAss
I didn't reddit will go away for a while. It's almost too big to fail. The large reddit run subs are still live and active. Users who don't sub to any subs that went dark may not even know anything happened. I have to imagine reddit knew they would lose users of 3rd party apps so it likely isn't a large portion of where they make money. I think there will probably be a decline in content for a short time, then we will see new subs emerge with people who don't care about the API lock down, ads, Chinese investors, bots, and reposts.
Jun 12, 2023 at 1:16pmWeb
Show threadHamartiogonicJun 12, 2023
Yep. My guess is that there’s going to be so much karma farming bots and reposts, that it’s going to be absolutely wild.
Show threadSpziJun 13, 2023

then we will see new subs emerge with people who don’t care about the API lock down, ads, Chinese investors, bots, and reposts.

Let's regard reddit as a honeypot to keep this crowd away from lemmy :]