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Something that a lot of “power user” types aren’t ready to hear is that a huge amount of redditors won’t be affected. Power users avoided r/all like the plague, and I’m sure that I’m not unique among power users in having a very curated feed, but that dismisses that there are legions of people who open the official app, browse r/all, and consider that the experience.
When power users say “but where will Reddit’s content come from if we leave?” I don’t think they understand the situation. r/all is the home of reposts, Twitter screenshots, and political ragebait. Actual quality content creators are not needed. If all personally made original content disappeared from Reddit, a huge chunk of redditors would never notice.
I count myself among such “power users” and like to think I made good original content, but I have to come to grips with the fact that Reddit Inc no longer has use for me.
Same boat. There was a time I used to enjoy going there, but it's become an unhealthy addiction. Playing on my serotonin and dopamine, and I'm cutting it out, this is just a good excuse to.
The interesting thing is that they have critical mass and decided it was worth cutting off these users, but (and maybe this is arrogance), but the internet has always followed where the power users are. They are the ones who started back with MySpace, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ (didn't say they were all successful but hey), Discord, Digg and Reddit.
Not all of them panned out, but all of the big networks started with core power users embracing a platform of dedicated users who evangelized their platforms to get other people to join.
The big social medias are seeing what happens when those dedicated users give up and start leaving, the content dries up, and you can only rely on shill posts for so long
The same with all those major sites: it stopped being about community at some point and became about engagement, because that drives data points which makes them money.
Reddit has been an unhealthy place for a long time with numerous incidents where the admins haven't acted out of moral choices but in the a way that is least damaging to engagement and the brand
Reading this whole comment thread felt therapeutic somehow. You all get it.