The Reddit Protest Is Finally Over. Reddit Won.::Reddit corporate claims victory over its disgruntled mods as r/aww, r/pics, and r/videos abandon the “John Oliver rule.”
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Bullshit. Nobody, or at least very few people, expected Reddit to revert the changes. A protest can be successful even if it doesn’t lead to immediate change. I was here on Lemmy long before the API nonsense happened over at Reddit, and the difference over here is night and day. Lemmy has been around for awhile, but until these last few months it couldn’t hold a candle to Reddit in terms of content or activity. Maybe it still can’t, but now it has enough users to be viable. Reddit might go on like nothing happened, but in the background a competitor has been born.
I migrated from Reddit. Most of the communities I followed would be hours or days between posts (if they were not private). Everything left was just not pleasant.
I am still fumbling around here but for the most part it is has better discussions and people seem less rude.
I do not regret leaving at this time. I am sure my infinitesimal presence or lack there of does not bother Reddit, but it made me feel better.
Less rude? Fuck you.
/s ❤️
Haha. Thank you for setting me straight.
No they did not win. People just expect people to move out from an historic platform overnight. This just doesn’t happen like that. Like Twitter, they’ll be small events that will make users want to find alternatives and migrate here.
That crisis made Lemmy way more populated, just for that we won in a way
Sadly, Reddit has won. Their traffic is higher now than before the API protests. It seems like the saying "All publicity is good publicity was true in this case. While one can appreciate a minimal downtrend in Twitter interest (as expected), Reddit interest is growing and even more after the protests. Google trends:
That is search terms not traffic. If I Google “Reddit controversy” it will add to the Reddit stat. Your literally just asking Google to tell you how many people included the word “Reddit” in their search query.
You’re right, I should have said search interest. Though, I would argue it is correlated.
Spez gambled that most mods would give up because they where power whores. He won because he was right.
