0485Jun 14, 2023

Reddit Blackout: CEO downplays protest. Subreddits vow to keep fighting.

https://lemmy.world/post/124412

Reddit Blackout: CEO downplays protest. Subreddits vow to keep fighting. - Lemmy.world

Show threadDeathworlderJun 14, 2023

Will pass as they lose substantial number of followers and contribute to the growing fidiverse.

However for them, it's not a big deal as the get the following benefit

  • All undesirable users leave for fidiverse or other reddit alternatives.
  • The remaining users will be tame like the users of FB, Instagram. Which destroys Reddit as we know it, but the new Sanitised Reddit will be more appealing to investors in an IPO even with less users.

    • Hopefully this is a turning point and leads to the development of The real Web 3.0, federated version of Web 1.0. (The Metaverse bullshit can no longer be called Web 3.0)

    Show threadNymphioxetine
    I think Lemmy is going to slowly grow, but the Reddit migration was the shot in the arm for it to hit a critical enough mass that it can now grow the user base by more than a handful a month like it sounds like it was doing previously.
    Jun 14, 2023 at 2:55pmWeb