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Will Reddit ever cave in? (lemm.ee)
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Exactly as the title says, do you guys think Reddit will buckle and at least be more reasonable or maybe even reverse their current decisions?

Edit: if not lemmy to the moon ๐Ÿš€

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[โ€“] SmugBedBug@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Agreed that most Reddit users don't care about 3rd party apps. They are also more likely just to be lurkers and not interact with the content as much, besides up and downvoting.

So if a larger number of the power users leave, Reddit's content could become more stale and just turn people off from going to the site.

Of course this is all very hypothetical and I don't have stats to back any of this up. It's just a hunch.

[โ€“] WhiteBreadBuddha@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

As a long time reddit lurker, I care very much that RIF is dead :/

[โ€“] LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They might not care about the 3rd party apps themselves, but having massive functioning communities would be near impossible using only the official moderating tools. The quality of the website is going to diminish a lot. A lot of niche communities have only a handful of spare time moderators that benefit greatly from the 3rd party api. It's not possible to say the exact scope of problems until the day comes, but by most accounts it's going to be a massive hit.

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

The quality of the website is going to diminish a lot.

Even still, people will hold on and reminisce of the good old days for another 10 years. The impact will be notable, but you can't save them all.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

don't have stats to back any of this up

But look how fast Mr Trump's network - truth? Truthier? - dried up. I forget why, but I'm assuming that after each hillbilly is done virtue-signaling then there's little left to do but get off the site or plan a cou-- oh, now I remember.

[โ€“] RedditTransfer@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The content became stale years ago imo.

[โ€“] Generator 1 points 1 year ago

Same, most users will continue to use, but the content will change.

Without mods many subreddits will start to get filled with spam and reposts.

I don't see myself using the official, and even the mobile website on a browser isn't the same thing.
Maybe i'll use RedReader if that's an option or continue to use Infinity if I could use my own token.

But if Lemmy/Kbin continues to grow and more content are being posted, i'll probably just use Lemmy/Kbin

PS: Kbin just needs mobile apps to be successful, already have a similar interface to Reddit