It’s gonna be wild…

  • Stalinwolf@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    I’m not convinced there is going to be that big of a upheaval. I feel like I’m seeing a similar pattern in reddit users as we have in Twitter users. Everyone’s in an uproar over how bad it’s getting and claims they’re going to leave, but it seems as though most are still using reddit every single day regardless, going “Yeah, any minute. I’ll show you. You’ll see. Just wait until July. Yeah, that’s when I’ll do it. I’ll fuckin’ do it. Try me.”, all the whole continuing to support the machine.

    A lot of us have already cut ties and made the fediverse our new home, but for the masses it seems like it’s just going to be business as usual, albeit somewhat begrudgingly from those who were scorned by the API changes.

    I do hope I’m wrong.

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        I anticipate multiple waves to come over the next few years, as Reddit implements common strategies ahead of, or after, its IPO; including:

        1. Removing old reddit from the platform
        2. Forcing users to provide a phone number for account verification, ending all anonymity among alts
        3. Blocking anonymous browsing for all but the most mainstream subs or perhaps just r/popular

        It’s all about the slow boil.

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      It takes effort to set up a new app, so for now the path of least resistance is to stay on reddit. Once third party apps break, their users will have to set up a new app anyway, so might be willing to choose a fedi app instead of the official reddit app. But yeah, we’ll see.