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How much of an impact is the protest really having on Reddit? (feddiverse.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I read The Verge's latest interview with Steve Huffman here and it seems as though the Reddit blackout is having little to no effect. It also seems as though the communities at large don't really care and will probably just use the official app or don't really know there are 3rd party ones. So it seems this will pass and be mostly forgotten about.

What are your thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Twitter relies on celebrities, athletes, and journalists. All of them want to be where the eyeballs are so until Mastodon grows more, they'll stay on Twitter.

Lemmy just needs to continue to grow and improve. Maybe it never gets as big as reddit but the content has the potential to be just as good.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It reminds me of old reddit when it was primarily tech-heavy content filled with passionate developers constantly building on top of the platform. I doubt Lemmy or kbin ever see a fraction of reddit's traffic but that's ok with me as the content is better suited to me and the conversation taking place is just as valuable

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having been on Lemmy now for a few weeks it's really brought home to me how brand and bot driven Reddit had become.

I spend a few hours here a day and have yet to see a single post which subtly (or non subtly) includes branding.

It's really quite refreshing to just be among other people, our thoughts and opinions without being sold to.

Like the Reddit of yester year for sure......

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think it was bound to happen at some point. Like the tech-oriented part of the conversation moved from reddit to Hacker News in a drip feed.

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