I’ve never been sentimental about a social media site but it’s sad for me to see reddit so clearly killing itself. Pushshift is already banned and Apollo is soon to follow. Reddit will either pivot fully to a mainstream audience or die out. It’s just sad for me to see it doing it to itself.
What I mourn is not reddit. I couldn’t give a shit about the company, the software, etc. What I mourn is the freedom and easy availability of information. I’ve always found it a bit stupid but convenient that everyone just congregated there. I’d much, however, prefer there to be specialized forums for each thing, findable through Google, perhaps federated. Decentralization is the way to go to ensure durability and freedom. Everyone being on one platform is very stupid and fragile.