Reddit is killing RSS feeds and ending public API access because of AI bots

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[–] 20 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

Some nonzero amount, sure. But there's never going to be a mass exodus where the entire userbase jumps ship.

Look at how many people still use Twitter even now.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Back in my day we had the Digg to Reddit exodus.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

    It’s pretty impressive how effective and total that migration was. I don’t think it could ever happen these days.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 weeks ago

    It's much bigger now.

    During the first migration it was mostly techie people and college kids who all could keep up. But now there's completely non-tech aware people on Reddit daily and exceptionally niche forums without another real alternative.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago*

    reddit effectily captured all the forum migrants/digg, and then Y'answers too. and other niche forums where you wont get astroturfed by the uptight mods in those forums who have total control over the whole site, and if they have something against you they will "stalk" you throughout that forum.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

    things like, your sports related content is all on reddit, movies/shows, individual series all on reddit, reality shows. the "largest draws" are the askreddits and adjacent subs. also your "whattodo subs"

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