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>Blackout is about people realizing they are on the ship, and the captain has no idea what she's doing, and the ship has quite a few icebergs in the way. Lucki

>Blackout is about people realizing they are on the ship, and the captain has no idea what she's doing, and the ship has quite a few icebergs in the way. Luckily there's many other ships you can jump off to if the iceberg gets too close. People migrated from Digg to Reddit. People will migrate from Reddit to whatever will come next if the need should arise.

iaw 11y ago
I was just discussing the phenomenon the other day. A question arose about what value Reddit (the company/site) provides vs. it's community. I think we've all be on the internet long enough to see vibrant communities (usenet, forums, MUDs, myspace, etc.) bloom and wilt away. If Reddit cannot provide a high level of value to the people that generate content within the community they will migrate away to an environment that does.
- jimhefferon 11y ago
  One of the things it provides is that it is like Usenet in that you can find an area of interest (or passion), or two or three, and not really have much to do with the rest of the site. Unlike Usenet, though, it provides simple editing, pictures, video, and some other things people want. But search sucks.
pbhjpbhj 11y ago
Digg just announced a trial of a new comment system - http://digg.com/2015/talk-to-us http://digg.com/2015/talk-to-us. I wonder if they received an influx of traffic following the Great Reddit Blackout of 2015 and thought it was worth investigating if they could spin an immigration to match the emigration from Digg after their own past community mistrust issues.
swalsh 11y ago
I just found out about Hubski today, I think for me personally it fills the gap that reddit is currently filling. It feels like HN level discussion, but without the tech exclusivity. There's a lot of other former Redditors making the migration there too.
- TheLoneWolfling 11y ago
  I tried Hubski, couldn't get over my frustration with the interface. I don't like voting restrictions in general (yes, that includes here. There's a reason I'm not more active here), and Hubski is no exception. That being said, if you like it, go for it.

iaw 11y ago

I was just discussing the phenomenon the other day. A question arose about what value Reddit (the company/site) provides vs. it's community. I think we've all be on the internet long enough to see vibrant communities (usenet, forums, MUDs, myspace, etc.) bloom and wilt away. If Reddit cannot provide a high level of value to the people that generate content within the community they will migrate away to an environment that does.

jimhefferon 11y ago
One of the things it provides is that it is like Usenet in that you can find an area of interest (or passion), or two or three, and not really have much to do with the rest of the site. Unlike Usenet, though, it provides simple editing, pictures, video, and some other things people want. But search sucks.

pbhjpbhj 11y ago

Digg just announced a trial of a new comment system - http://digg.com/2015/talk-to-us http://digg.com/2015/talk-to-us. I wonder if they received an influx of traffic following the Great Reddit Blackout of 2015 and thought it was worth investigating if they could spin an immigration to match the emigration from Digg after their own past community mistrust issues.

swalsh 11y ago

I just found out about Hubski today, I think for me personally it fills the gap that reddit is currently filling. It feels like HN level discussion, but without the tech exclusivity. There's a lot of other former Redditors making the migration there too.

TheLoneWolfling 11y ago
I tried Hubski, couldn't get over my frustration with the interface. I don't like voting restrictions in general (yes, that includes here. There's a reason I'm not more active here), and Hubski is no exception. That being said, if you like it, go for it.