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It went about as expected, IMO. 90% of redditors just don't care that much - even if they agreed with the blackout in principle, most of them were likely just waiting patiently for their favourite subs to reopen so they could go back to browsing as usual. A quick browse through some of my subscribed (and still open) subs revealed a lot of commenters weren't even clear about what was going on.
But it has had the effect of essentially kickstarting a community here which seems to be taking shape nicely and there's finally a (small but growing fast) alternative to reddit - which didn't really exist before. I can see the following months and years seeing a gradual shift in user base from reddit to here.
Reddit's not going to die overnight; that was never going to happen. But it's possible it's the beginning of the end of their empire and the slow decline to the ranks of the remember-that-website-whatever-happened-to-that club. Time will tell I guess.
I think Reddit has become too mainstream to die. I think it will simply continue to become mainstream, perhaps eventually become more like Twitter in terms of userbase. and the next generation of niche forums will be born, and therefor the next Reddit. But maybe I'm wrong, maybe reddit will 'never die.'
Possible it'll go the direction of Neopets and stuff. Still around, but not what it once was.
Alternatively, it could go in the direction of facebook - still around and packed full of everybody's racist great aunts, romance scammers, and weed dealers.
Even Digg is still around. But I think most people agree that it is "dead." Reddit will probably end up the same.
Hell, even MySpace is still around.
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@Hypx same with Tumblr. It exists, but the core reason I used it is now gone and so are many of its members.
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