People never stopped using digg. I’ve got uncles that still use their aol account. You’ll never see a site like Reddit disappear but there’s a small group of power users that keep places like that interesting and valuable. Piss them off and they will dip quickly.
The bottom line is the community exists for its users, not the other way around. Literally every other major social media site sees their users as a way to make money. So far I’ve seen none of that here and as long as that’s the case I’m here for the long haul.
People stopped using Digg after v4 and it died. Digg sold for $500k in 2012–down from a valuation of $175M+ only a couple years prior. The buyers kept the name but changed it to a curated content aggregator without community comments, etc.
My point is that the site still exists and people continue to use it. It didn’t die completely and even if most people bailed on Reddit it would continue to exist and have a user base
People never stopped using digg. I’ve got uncles that still use their aol account. You’ll never see a site like Reddit disappear but there’s a small group of power users that keep places like that interesting and valuable. Piss them off and they will dip quickly.
The bottom line is the community exists for its users, not the other way around. Literally every other major social media site sees their users as a way to make money. So far I’ve seen none of that here and as long as that’s the case I’m here for the long haul.
People stopped using Digg after v4 and it died. Digg sold for $500k in 2012–down from a valuation of $175M+ only a couple years prior. The buyers kept the name but changed it to a curated content aggregator without community comments, etc.
My point is that the site still exists and people continue to use it. It didn’t die completely and even if most people bailed on Reddit it would continue to exist and have a user base