Much as Elon Musk has not managed to kill Twitter, despite nationwide, breathless, reporting to that effect, I don’t think that the Reddit situation is anywhere

Much as Elon Musk has not managed to kill Twitter, despite nationwide, breathless, reporting to that effect, I don’t think that the Reddit situation is anywhere nearly as drastic as people striking would like to believe. Yes, twitter users have fled and given Mastodon a day in the sun, and the site’s constituency has undoubtedly shifted, but its dominance still seems fairly secure. Reddit is playing with fire, this could all go horribly wrong for them. I just don’t find it likely. Reddit is really, really big. Those 1% add a lot of value to the site but without it the site is still quite valuable. 1% of users can eventually be replaced and it won’t catch fire in the meantime. The reddit user base is largely unaware of any of this and will forever remain passive users. I’m confident spez took one look at third party app user counts and said, “worth it.” If Reddit does IPO I expect it to become only more popular. Time will tell.