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Will Reddit ever cave in? (lemm.ee)
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Exactly as the title says, do you guys think Reddit will buckle and at least be more reasonable or maybe even reverse their current decisions?

Edit: if not lemmy to the moon ๐Ÿš€

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[โ€“] Kara@kbin.social 19 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I think it depends on how successful the blackout is, because truthfully, most Reddit users probably don't care about 3rd party apps, and just want to continue using Reddit, but if their favorite communities shut down indefinitely, I think there's a chance.

But Spez also seems dead set on their plan, so only time will tell. But on the bright side, if it doesn't we'll see tons of new faces here

[โ€“] SmugBedBug@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Agreed that most Reddit users don't care about 3rd party apps. They are also more likely just to be lurkers and not interact with the content as much, besides up and downvoting.

So if a larger number of the power users leave, Reddit's content could become more stale and just turn people off from going to the site.

Of course this is all very hypothetical and I don't have stats to back any of this up. It's just a hunch.

[โ€“] WhiteBreadBuddha@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

As a long time reddit lurker, I care very much that RIF is dead :/

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