I'm actually somewhat happy all this happened now. I'm sad for the 3rd party app devs and everyone who suffers from these decisions. And for the wonderful communities and knowledge bases that were shattered.

But I think it caused me, and many others, to realize that great community and discussions could still be had on the internet, and that we hadn't been having those for quite a while over on reddit.

I was just saying this to a friend yesterday. My interactions here just feel so much more genuine, like I'm part of a real community. I just really hope it stays that way in the face of unforeseeable growth.