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Do you think reddit will survive this?
(lemmy.world)
Memorial to "rif is fun for Reddit" Android app, aka "reddit is fun", shut down after June 30, 2023
Yes, it will. But at what cost? Over time, the brain drain will likely become more pronounced as moderators jump ship and those who remain become a compliant group of lickspittles. As Reddit faces the consequences of its disastrous policies, it will become even more aggressive in securing revenue - and likely even more despotic. It can take years to build a reputation, and a few months to lose it. I suspect that their CEO has done an excellent job of accelerating this process.
That's the bigger part of why I left; There's probably 12-18mo of good content on the niche communities I liked, but 1) RIF and RES kept me away from the obnoxious format the site adopted, and 2) I know it's just going to keep getting worse. Better to rip the band-aide off now.