So where are we all supposed to go now?
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Twitter’s dying, Reddit’s changing, everything else is entertainment – and there’s nowhere left to hang out.

An era of the internet is ending, and we’re watching it happen practically in real time. Twitter has been on a steep and seemingly inexorable decline for, well, years, but especially since Elon Musk bought the company last fall and made a mess of the place. Reddit has spent the last couple of months self-immolating in similar ways, alienating its developers and users and hoping it can survive by sticking its head in the sand until the battle’s over. (I thought for a while that Reddit would eventually be the last good place left, but… nope.) TikTok remains ascendent — and looks ever more likely to be banned in some meaningful way. Instagram has turned into an entertainment platform; nobody’s on Facebook anymore…

  • marmo7ade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    But reddit will be like Facebook. Some people go there, but to the vast amount of people it’s a joke.

    Facebook currently has 2 billion monthly users, 4x more than reddit.

    “Some” people go to reddit. For the majority of people (facebook), reddit is a joke.

    The perception that facebook is dead is just as misinformed as the perception that reddit is will be “like facebook”. Reddit has not even reached facebook status, and probably never will.

    • Hazzia@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I do wonder though - and just to be clear, I really am just curious, not trying to argue because I don’t know shit about this - but I wonder how many of those monthly users only use it begrudgingly because it’s the only reliable way to get/stay in contact with a tech-illiterate relative.