The outcome was predicted by plenty users in this community, but now the news are noticing it.

    • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
      hexagon
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      1 year ago

      Sadly a lot of the good content will be lost, regardless of migration or encouraging users to take it off the site. Eventually someone in Reddit Inc. will have the "bright" idea to wipe everything out, to reduce spendings on data storage.

        • Lvxferre@lemmy.ml
          hexagon
          M
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          1 year ago

          In the short term it goes as you say, they're selling API access to the LLM bubble. (And they're likely selling your data too, against your consent.)

          However in the long term the LLM bubble will explode, and users will disengage with the site, causing a downwards spiral. At some point of that spiral they'll delete the data, after it's unprofitable. I think.

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      1 year ago

      I think quality hobby communities like the ones that used to exist on Reddit require both smart people and a larger population to create a sense of social investment. This kind of information used to be distributed across forums with fewer than 1k people each, which isn't so bad, but does prevent it from propagating easily.

    • MDKAOD@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      People have to post content, but most users lurk. It's a chicken/egg scenario.