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Yeah. Reddit was never going to magically die overnight. If it dies, it's going to be a long and slow process. But that process starts with with some number of us jumping ship and focusing on bringing alternatives like Lemmy to life.
It may never really "die". Digg still exists, MySpace still exists, aol still exists. It will just slowly wither, the user base will get worse and worse, and its value as a resource will diminish. It's not about reddit anymore, its about getting good people to come here.
Plus, communities like these need quantity as much as quality to thrive. Each wave of Reddit expats makes this place better and more attractive to the next one, rinse and repeat. There'll be another exodus when the TPAs officially die, most likely bigger than this one since it'll hit in a more personal way. And then there'll be more after that, because we both know Reddit isn't gonna stop digging its own grave anytime soon.