I’ve never been sentimental about a social media site but it’s sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It’s just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
It’s normal to grieve. If reddit were a spouse, I’d have one hell of a marriage (in a good way). Eleven years and multiple hours of interaction each day?
I’ve grown concerned how reddit has such a monopoly on message boards. (As I am still concerned at the monopoly Twitter has had). Like, it’s to a point where I was googling the word “reddit” next to my question to get good answers. This is a testament to the community there.
The nice thing here is that Lemmy demonstrates that some competition exists. I can still have a fun chat online without relying solely on one company.