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Any change today? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago by Bendersmember@kbin.social to c/RedditMigration@kbin.social

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Curious about if there is any discernable difference anyone can see if they may have popped in to Reddit today? I know it's probably naive to think there would be a big difference first day.
I deleted rif and never even used other apps or desktop site so I won't be going back, hense the question to those that are accessing the site.

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[–] Moogly@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The users most affected are the ones most likely to post or curate content. One of those users is more important than a hundred lurkers. So I figure if there’s an effect it’ll be from losing disproportionately valuable OC creators.

I’ve posted so much content across accounts in the realm of a couple million karma in total. It’s not the first time I’ve reflected on content with 20k+ views and figured this benefit is going both ways with Reddit.

If I’ve been as addicted to Reddit as I’ve been for years and I’m still willing to find alternatives I figure there must be some other power users like me. Idk if it’ll actually have any effect but I think it may on at least some smaller communities

[–] ininewcrow 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Same here .... never accumulated millions of karma but I had multiple accounts and two of them reached over 200,000 karma. I posted lots and in the past few years learned to post meaningful content that was appreciated. I learned that just being nice and polite to people was more meaningful to others than in just sharing another meme. I noticed that people do like their memes but most of them are endlessly scrolling through everything and contributing little new content ... most just repeat and repost ... even the responses are reposts and repeats..

I remember reading once on a thread that on average every community was about one in ten contributor and nine out of ten are just lurkers who either just watch content and a few reposters .. the majority don't contribute, it's just a small dedicated portion that create actual new content.

I like to think that if Reddit loses enough of those core contributors ... it would really affect the site overall ... but it also might not matter because there is enough content there now for the site and community of reposters to live on for years to come.

We won't know the effect will be until a few months from now ..... it might be drastic, or there might not be much of a difference ... who knows.