We’re really going to see Reddit drop off the cliff once the Lemmy third party apps reach feature parity with the default website as the servers are much more stable now than in the June 2023 migration and once more original content creators move on over.

This is equivalent of stalking your ex years after breaking up and hoping them to break up with their new partner.

Move on.

Myspace is still around or was a few years ago…

Considering even MySpace and Digg stuck around despite falling into irrelevancy, I doubt Reddit will ever truly die off…

But I suspect that even irrelevancy won’t happen anytime soon, simply because there’s no slot-in replacement for Reddit.

As much as I like the Fediverse, we’re not a slot-in replacement. Decentralisation helps make us more free, but it limits how big we can get as a platform.

You would need a centralised competitor, something like what Xitter is going through right now with BlueSky and Threads. But for as much as Spez is a piece of shit, he’s no Elon Musk just yet.

myspace.com is still a thing so probably never. If by “die” you mean when will it become irrelevant then probably sooner.

In my eyes it’s been dead for a year.

Reddit is still doing just fine.

Its going to continue to snowball in size. It has so much money involved its to big to fail. Its hit a critical mass of apathy users who are used to being fucked over by tech.

Sadly, reddit is not dying. I thought so too but unfortunately only a microscopic amount of users cares about not being subjected to ads, tracking and ridiculous moderation if they get some entertainment in return.

Same with Instagram, Tiktok, Facebook…

A lot of people are depressed and tired (because of society design), and needs these things to pass the time in their lives.

I’m personally making some strong changes in my own life, because I got so ridiculously bored with my own life and realized I’m on the wrong path, spending my time at home so much.

Define “die.” Dig still exists…

Can you digg it?

How long did it take for Myspace to “die”? Even tho most everyone left, it never did. Now it’s owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.

Likewise reddit will live on until there is no longer a single dollar shareholders can milk from it.

Die? It’s not going to die any time soon, on a corporate level.

It’s already dead in the ways that made it worth using.

My guess: there won’t be a specific date that you can poinpoint and say “Reddit died here”. It’ll be a slow decline, with small outbursts of re-engagement. Something like this:

Profit will follow a similar pattern, as both things are intertwined.

Myspace is still online.