The cause are the people not the platforms. The same people will move over to "digg version 3" once reddit finishes shooting itself in the foot and you'll add a

The cause are the people not the platforms. The same people will move over to "digg version 3" once reddit finishes shooting itself in the foot and you'll add a new name to your list of "problematic" platforms. It's the minds that need changing, not the CSS or the domain name of a website that is effectively lists of URLs and comments.