korfuri@sh.itjust.workstoTechnology@beehaw.org•Reddit CEO (/u/spez) is going to hold a AMA about the API update
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1 year agoI think it’s a little more complicated than this: Reddit needs power users to make its ecosystem work. Mods of course, but also content creators and content, hem, reposters, who keep large communities active and interesting. If a significant enough fraction of these people give up on Reddit, the users who want funny memes will go get them from 9gag or wherever is most convenient for them.
One possible source of inspiration would be the Zanclean flood, where the Mediterranean suddenly got connected to the Atlantic ocean and filled up quickly. Plate tectonics are cool in that way that they happen very slowly but some of their effects are extremely sudden.
xkcd.com/time is an interesting story about this event