I've been reminded of this particular XKCD a lot lately
I've been reminded of this particular XKCD a lot lately
Just something I've been reminded of while watching everyone discuss all the Reddit alternatives
There are 15 intercommunicating standards.
Reddit isn't going anywhere lol.
Yeah, and Usenet's still around, but I don't regret having left it in the 90s.
During a discussion in my first few days here I was talking about old forums that have since shutdown after being popular, like Something Awful. Then I googled Something Awful and was shocked to find it still exists. Reddit isn't going anywhere lol.
Just because it will continue to exist doesn't mean it's not going anywhere... it just means it's not disappearing entirely.
Digg and Myspace still exist, but they have long since been overshadowed by their successors.
Which, of course, doesn't necessarily mean that reddit will simply fade into obscurity. The internet landscape is a much less differentiated now than it was back when those sites faded into the background. It's much harder to find alternative sites and communities that will thrive and grow like reddit did. Especially since reddit has existed for almost twenty years, and dominated for at least half that.
We don't know what will happen going forward, all we can do is guess... and hope.
Slashdot is still around too
Heck, imagine if Reddit didn't charge so much for their API, I'm sure someone would eventually wrap an integration to drag Reddit kicking and screaming into the Fediverse