People love this comparison, but the internet landscape today is totally different than when digg 4.0 happened. Back then stumbleupon was competing with digg, if that helps to contextualize it.
If they drop old.reddit.com then it would be, but I stand by the statement that the landscape has changed. Yes people will leave (like me), but it won't impact their overall user base numbers. I think this is a stupid move as a user, but if I was a reddit shareholder I wouldn't be criticizing spez just yet.
I agree with you. Look at Facebook and Twitter. We all acknowledge that they're shitholes, but they're also still incredibly popular. Twitter might die eventually, just because Musk is uniquely stupid, but I don't think anything about the reddit situation will end with advertisers pulling out.
I would pay to see reddit collapsing and shutting down just before it's IPO.
Reddit Digg'ing itself when on the verge of cashing out would indeed be very funny.
Digg still exists. If Digg has more users than reddit in 5 years I will laugh to death
Digg sorta exists, too bad it's just curated stuff and has no social features.
Digg flipping the OG Digg switch as Reddit implodes: :party-sicko:
Reddit is not going anywhere. People are going to huffle and puffle but everyone will continue using itq.
No they'll leave and come here and we wipl make them communists, have revolutions, and be friends
mfw the redditors start asking what the .ml in lemmy.ml stands for :lenin-shining:
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people probably said the same thing about digg.
People love this comparison, but the internet landscape today is totally different than when digg 4.0 happened. Back then stumbleupon was competing with digg, if that helps to contextualize it.
digg 4.0 was also a pivot to a different format. This isn't that.
If they drop old.reddit.com then it would be, but I stand by the statement that the landscape has changed. Yes people will leave (like me), but it won't impact their overall user base numbers. I think this is a stupid move as a user, but if I was a reddit shareholder I wouldn't be criticizing spez just yet.
I agree with you. Look at Facebook and Twitter. We all acknowledge that they're shitholes, but they're also still incredibly popular. Twitter might die eventually, just because Musk is uniquely stupid, but I don't think anything about the reddit situation will end with advertisers pulling out.
CIA will make sure of that.