• Donebrach@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Eh I wouldn’t call it sad. Reddit is literally just a forum hosting site. The fact you and I are posting here is proof that there are many other avenues for random people to communicate ideas to each other.

    • Syrc@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      22
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Yes, but all of that knowledge available in one place, all extremely easy to navigate through conventional search engines or pushshift-based ones… it’s going to take a lot to rebuild that here (and maybe even more for search engines to understand how to properly index fediverse pages). All because a greedy ass started idolizing the most self-centered person alive.

      • jerkface@lemmy.ca
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        1 year ago

        This is happening because it’s about to become obsolete and redundant. This is their last grasp at trying to make the last ten years worthwhile.

        • Syrc@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Obsolete and redundant? Google themselves said their search results were heavily impacted from the blackout. It fulfills a niche no other social media has (well, except the fediverse or Reddit clones but I doubt they were afraid of them) and it was working perfectly for the common user. Only issue is it wasn’t ready for IPO, and spez really wanted to go public.