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How reddit crushed the biggest protest in its history: Did it, though? (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 year ago by Frostwolf@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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How is reddit post protest, did it really win over protesters? Did the ones who left make a dent? Or like all things before, did it ultimately do nothing?

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[–] TheDarkKnight@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To be honest the cost of their decisions was the creation of a now viable competitor. Lemmy is still small, has less users and less content but importantly creates a destination for mass migration in the future. Reddit used to just be a crappy offshoot of Digg right up until the major Digg redesign that everyone hated…and overnight Digg was toast. History tends to repeat.

[–] jerdle_lemmy@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, the thing about screwing over Redditors is that Reddit started because Digg did something similar. Fucking off to another website is where it all started, and will be where it ends.

[–] Paradox@lemdro.id 1 points 1 year ago

Reddit and Digg have less than 6 months age difference. Both were started in 2005. Kevin Rose used his position on TechTV to push Digg early on, which gave it inertia reddit lacked

t. was a reddit admin before and during digg v4