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I don't know if this is really true. That shift has occurred to some extent. On the other hand, it seems to me that all the most sociable people I know are stil

I don't know if this is really true. That shift has occurred to some extent. On the other hand, it seems to me that all the most sociable people I know are still on Facebook. There definitely are a lot of people that interact with Facebook less, which is obviously huge. I'm not sure these other social media sites will eat up Facebooks core business. It seems like Facebook could continue to struggle to grow, but these sites seem to fill different roles. I could definitely see Facebook becoming little more than a calendar/messaging system. Maybe it will collapse eventually, but what we saw with MySpace was pretty extreme, total, and sudden. It happened to Digg too, but wasn't this around the same time as the MySpace stuff was happening? I don't see much reason to think Reddit is going anywhere, either. We'll see, I wouldn't be shocked either way.

djbusby 4y ago
Well, Reddit is increasingly user hostile and their mobile experience gets worse every quarter. They'll end up killing themselves before they can IPO.
- P_I_Staker 4y ago
  I would love to hear more about how Reddit is user hostile, though I have a few thoughts: - Inconsistent, biased, and downright arrogant moderation. - Communities drenched in extremism and horrendous discourse. Interacting with a Redditor is like trying to hug a porcupine - Rampant trolling, even in the best communities. Also, as a side note was getting sick of all the health and fitness cults. I got fed up getting banned for arguments with someone insulting me because I suggested that consuming massive amounts of fat might have negative health consequences, or that deadlifts are a frequent source of injury, both severe and chronic, or that peanut butter is actually one of the purest foods you can buy (seriously, read the label, it's almost entirely peanuts and salt)... It got so frustrating. I understand that there's counter arguments to this stuff, but these are very mainstream and rational beliefs, including with people that know what they're talking about. It seemed like the safer advise was being shouted down.
  - djbusby 4y ago
    Well, I'm not even talking about the community. I'm pointing at the tech, like, nagging for the App, please sign in, crappy video player, please sign in, random scrolling, random page reload, try our App!
    - P_I_Staker 4y ago
      Oh yeah, it's a dumpster fire. Also, did they really kill RPAN? I don't think that's a good idea, unless they were REALLY desperate for cuts, even if it wasn't very popular. I actually thought it filled a niche that is slightly different from what I find on twitch, youtube, facebook, ect. I found a lot of videos of random people just doing random things. I do happen to think the community may have lost it's way... OTH the era that some people see as the golden age of reddit included stuff like the fappening.

djbusby 4y ago

Well, Reddit is increasingly user hostile and their mobile experience gets worse every quarter. They'll end up killing themselves before they can IPO.

P_I_Staker 4y ago
I would love to hear more about how Reddit is user hostile, though I have a few thoughts: - Inconsistent, biased, and downright arrogant moderation. - Communities drenched in extremism and horrendous discourse. Interacting with a Redditor is like trying to hug a porcupine - Rampant trolling, even in the best communities. Also, as a side note was getting sick of all the health and fitness cults. I got fed up getting banned for arguments with someone insulting me because I suggested that consuming massive amounts of fat might have negative health consequences, or that deadlifts are a frequent source of injury, both severe and chronic, or that peanut butter is actually one of the purest foods you can buy (seriously, read the label, it's almost entirely peanuts and salt)... It got so frustrating. I understand that there's counter arguments to this stuff, but these are very mainstream and rational beliefs, including with people that know what they're talking about. It seemed like the safer advise was being shouted down.
- djbusby 4y ago
  Well, I'm not even talking about the community. I'm pointing at the tech, like, nagging for the App, please sign in, crappy video player, please sign in, random scrolling, random page reload, try our App!
  - P_I_Staker 4y ago
    Oh yeah, it's a dumpster fire. Also, did they really kill RPAN? I don't think that's a good idea, unless they were REALLY desperate for cuts, even if it wasn't very popular. I actually thought it filled a niche that is slightly different from what I find on twitch, youtube, facebook, ect. I found a lot of videos of random people just doing random things. I do happen to think the community may have lost it's way... OTH the era that some people see as the golden age of reddit included stuff like the fappening.