Seems like a good portion of the activity in the communities is reddit oriented. If the goal is leaving/hurting reddit, it seems we should be continuing on like it doesn’t exist, instead of continuing to drive interest to the site. Thoughts?
reddit was like this when digg died. it won’t make the front page in a few weeks but it’ll come up randomly in the comments for decades after
This place kinda seems like that sloshed guy at the bar who unprompted keeps talking about how over his ex he is.
Some of us are going through an actual grieving process over losing reddit. That place was my online home for like 15 years. It’s the kind of thing that definitely deserves drunk-bar-ranting.
No?
Let people grieve, man. Beehaw getting more popular as a discussion platform is 99% because of the overnight management collapse of Reddit. Of course people are going to feel down and want to talk about a community space that was home for many, many people for over a decade.
I understand if you’re getting weary of the constantly discussion, but it’ll gradually taper off over the next few weeks as this drama dies down. Or until Spez gets tired of constantly making angry, short-sited decisions and statements to any media outlet that will listen to his rants.
People will make alternative platforms their new home rather than dwell on their lost one eventually. Even if the bad press makes Reddit eventually walks back their decisions, the way they’re handled the API change fallout has been so overtly aggressive and dismissive IMO they’ve permanently incinerated all trust in their leadership amongst many. I definitely never want to go back.
I’ve never seen a social media platform treat the wishes of its users with such contempt so abruptly. Some shareholder must be breathing down Steve’s neck real heavy.
Talking about Reddit is like thinking about your ex right after the break up. It sucks and oddly satisfying at the same time, and it will pass 😅
Similarly, I almost liken it to getting out of an abusive relationship. Not exactly of course because it’s just a website, but similar.
I joined Reddit in the middle of an abusive relationship. I don’t even need “almost” as a qualifier.
“Look at all these nice things I’ll give you for the low, low price of making you feel like you can’t function without me through a series of increasingly hostile and degrading actions while making you believe that this is the best you’ll ever find.”
It’ll happen on its own. Right now, that’s sort of akin to asking New Yorkers on Sept. 15, 2001, why everyone’s still talking about the attacks.
