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this post was submitted on 11 Jun 2023
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Honestly, even a year ago I don't think I would have imagined this happening. I wasn't around for the Digg -> Reddit migration but I wonder if this feels a bit like that.
I went LiveJournal > Digg > Reddit, and there's definitely a similar energy to the Digg days - but the level of organization we're seeing here feels totally new. The other difference though, is that the Digg migration had direction. It felt like within a month we had all moved to Reddit. I don't see that happening here, so really this is uncharted territory. It'll be fun to watch, that's for sure.
I predict it'll be like the Twitter debacle at the end of lady year. It'll lead to a big migration to the fediverse but many will cling onto the platform as it circles the drain. Maybe Reddit and/or Twitter will manage to pull a GameStop or maybe they'll crash and burn like RadioShack
It does, but I see it less as a parallel to the Digg v4 migration and more to the AACS encryption key fiasco. Brief context, Digg was taking down posts and accounts referencing a hex code that could be used to decrypt HD-DVDs and Blu-rays. The userbase was very unhappy about it and spammed the front page with the code, rendering Digg basically useless. Digg relented pretty quickly, and the site chugged along for another couple of years or so. The "darkening" of Reddit today feels a lot closer to that moment than to the big Digg v4 switchover. Feels very surreal looking back and having been there for all of it.