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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Yup. Just like Spez predicted. The site is maybe less popular, but it will survive. The protests will die off eventually. The Reddit clones will never be as popular and active as Reddit once was. Maybe eventually the investers and advertisers will return, and it will be seen in hindsight as a smart move. The quality of the content may take a drop, but it was a calculated risk of making it more profitable.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    The real problem was always a lack of alternatives imo. A "protest" can't work on the website you're literally using. What should have happened is those people all moved to another platform, but there isn't one. There isn't one canonical alternative to reddit, so they had to "protest" there.

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