Reddit would become compatible with Lemmy essentially making it it’s own “instance”, and suddenly 3rd party apps work with Reddit again.

Full circle.

      • jon
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        Yeah it’s support a platform, make that platform dependent on you, then abandon the platform. The users who remain are left with the option of abandoning the platform as well, or sit in a graveyard.

    • @s38b35M5
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      Very good writeup. I remember learning about XMPP with gtalk and then it fading away. These things happen, and if we don’t remember, well…

    • Yutopianist
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      That article was a really interesting read! In my opinion, while integration can be a good thing for many aspects of the world, we can’t expect the giant company to not try to swallow us whole, which is why we must stand up to monopolies.

      • @MiddleWeigh
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        When personal profit is involved, expect the worst…IME

        • @x4740N
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          When capitalism is involved, expect the worst

          FTFY /p

  • Ulu-Mulu-no-die
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    Please no, I didn’t quit reddit to have reddit around me again.

    • RCMaehl [Any]
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      We are the corp. You will be assimilated. Your meta and meme distinctiveness will be added to our own. Lower your mods and surrender your communities. Resistance is futile. - Reddit, probably

      • Admiral Patrick
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        I mean, if they were to adopt ActivityPub and enable federation, you can pretty much guarantee they’d slap ads next to content pulled in from FOSS instances. Kinda their thing.

      • @chrundle
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        So who will be Locutus in that scenario

        • @x4740N
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          Not spez because spez is willingly fucking up reddit

          Spez could be counted as a borg queen

          • @x4740N
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            My comment also got me into deep thought about how humanity is like a borg collective but we don’t realise it

            With the controlling rich being the equivalent of a borg queen and capitalism being the control

      • @AlaskanShrimp
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        “We will take your lands, your children, your traditions, and your future.”

        • Genghis Khan, probably
    • @aggelalex
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      Reddit federating would provide us with a much better API for 3rd partys. It would be the walk back of the century.

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    My mind has already closed to Reddit. At first it was surprising how quickly I abandoned it, but it’s not really. The Internet is a fast moving place, with sudden trends and viral content being the norm rather than the exception. I like Lemmy so far and it serves the same purpose, perhaps with its own problems but with pros that outweigh the cons. No one person or company owns it. That’s progress.

    • vaguerant
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      For me, it felt really easy to leave because I had zero social connections on Reddit. I’m not sure if I’m the weird one, but I never learned any individual users’ names or felt ways about stuff, except in the rare case that they became a meme, like shittymorph. I was there for like 12 years and nothing tied me to it. Moving to the threadiverse was as easy as changing a bookmark.

      • @jjoelson
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        That was also my experience on Reddit. Subreddits would sometimes have a culture in terms of the types of posts and comments that get upvotes, but I was never really aware of specific individuals.

      • @RunningInRVA
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        I’ll certainly miss u/shittymorph.

    • @cazyius
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      This was a fantastic read. Thank you so much for sharing it! I’ve started my own lemmy instance in hopes of making an instance available for “everybody” in my region, having the local culture as our common ground. But this helped me realize that it might maybe need a thought or two before pushing forward. Those who I thought would be a part of it aren’t those who would maybe want to give up traditional service for one fighting for freedom, ethics and morals.

  • @Brisolo32
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    Or lemmy kills reddit like reddit killed digg

    • Regna
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      Unfortunately (or fortunately), AI bots did not exist at that time. Plus, Digg was only succesful for 2 - 5 years, while Reddit managed to get at least 12 succesful years in before turning violent on its users with the help of AI and advertisers.

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          Money grab via IPO. During covid Reddit saw all the crap companies going public and making bank and tried to get in too, but the bubble popped before they could close a deal. Now they are trying again while things are on the upturn and investors are more willing

          I wouldn’t touch this IPO when it does happen, major rug-pull vibes

  • @MattiCat
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    I don’t think Reddit will go extinct (at lest, not for many more years), but I don’t think it will federate either, because theyll find it even harder to make bank than they already do, espeially when most of the rest of the fediverse will likely immediately de-federate them as soon as they get a foot in the door.

    It will dwindle to insignificance with a few die-hard users, like Yahoo, and eventually fizzle out through lack of funding. Or it will be re-purposed and used for something different, like Myspace, and be quietly successful in its new but much smaller role.

  • @hydra
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    No thanks, it would be yet another EEE scheme.

  • LostCause
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    Imagine if that happened and then most instances defederate to prevent stealing of our data. Cause they‘d have to pay me more than they want for the API to get even one more word out of me.

    • @nero
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      All data on here is wide open for everyone to take, including reddit afaik

      • Ziro
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        Isn’t that a good thing, though, at least to the extent that data is free for sharing?

        • @nero
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          Yeah, i’m not saying it’s bad? Just stating the facts?

  • TurretCorruption
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    Most people dont care about the api changes. Reddit won’t be going anywhere provided they don’t start harassing their actual customers off of the platform.

    I think these federsted sites will grow a fair bit but once everyone forget about the reddit drama, the numbers will plateau.

  • @PM_ME_FEET_PICS
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    I can’t wait to see it all burn.

    It will be really enjoyable to watch if it ends up happening

  • arthurpizza
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    Mastodon is a “failed service” for only having 12 million daily active users. Twitter has 400 daily active users. History will likely repeat itself.

    Lemmy, Kbin, and Calkey will never have Reddit numbers but we can still build a vibrant community here. Because this platform isn’t a business we don’t need huge numbers.