Re:Reddark: Website to watch subreddits going dark
by rjbwork on Friday June 09, 2023 @08:40AM
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While you're not wrong, I think it's that certain group of people that matters. They're the most engaged, and if you think that group follows the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule then that's really all that matters, since they're the ones creating the content that the lurkers consume and go to the network for.
I'm pretty sure the average/more casual Reddit user either: doesn't use 3rd party apps, or doesn't care and will just use the official one.
It's Twitter all over again "omg everyone will leave it now that Elon's in charge". Yeah, that hasn't happened. At. All.
Now, knowing how us fleshy meatbags work, you're probably thinking I'm in favour of Reddit/Twitter/Elon or whatever. That is not the case.
All I'm doing is reiterating that humans gonna human and that no meaningful change will come from a few hardcore users when the average user couldn't give a shit.