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Anecdotally I am seeing communities I am part of gone from Reddit and other public social media in favor of private or semiprivate ones like Discord, or avoidin

Anecdotally I am seeing communities I am part of gone from Reddit and other public social media in favor of private or semiprivate ones like Discord, or avoiding digital entirely in favor of physical spaces. What I see on social media is more just the leftovers. There's little authentic interaction and engagement there.

NegativeK 2y ago
Respectfully, this is a small sampling of what's happening. Reddit and Twitter, the two posterchildren of poor management, have plenty of actual interaction. They also have a significant amount of shitty noise, which is incredibly off putting, but the average person is still more likely to go there than where our niche communities end up. They might be dying slowly, but they're not even on life support yet.
- pmdr 2y ago
  I think reddit is actually thriving. Everyone I know spends time there nowadays.
  - maxcoder4 2y ago
    I think Reddit used to be a niche site for hackers [1], hobbyists and enthusiasts. Now it's a mainstream site where regular people browse news and memes. Maybe Reddit alienated it former audience, but it doesn't mean it's dying - it just changed. [1] as in "hacker news"
    - idiotsecant 2y ago
      The internet used to be a place for hobbyists, hackers, and enthusiasts. That's not true anymore, at least not exclusively. But that supports your point - when the lake turns to saltwater you dont survive by being a freshwater fish.
- nullserver 2y ago
  Twitter is doing fantastic. Just because people want to go back to more censorship doesn’t mean Twitter is dying.
  - toofy 2y ago
    > Twitter is doing fantastic. Reported yesterday [0] that it’s worth 73% less than when elon took over. You absolutely may have a different definition of fantastic but what was once one of the largest social sites losing 3/4 of its value in 15 months is significant. aside from actual financial analysts, my own personal anecdata has pretty much mirrored their analysis. i’ve gone back and gave it an honest try like 4 or 5 times and each time has been worse than the previous. it just reinforced why i (and more and more people) choose to spend our time in other places. [0] https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/fidelity-x-stake-73-decline-since-elon-musk-twitter-takeover/ https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/fidelity-x-stake-73-decline-s...
    - stevenicr 2y ago
      Just gotta say that both things can be true. Investment banks can find it worth less than it was from a return on stock financial view, and millions of users can find it a fantastic messaging portal, and individual people may not like aspects of the portal. "was once one of the largest social sites" - I feel that X is still one of the largest social sites wordlwide and especially in the US.. Priori Data has them in the top 12 of the world at 600 million users 6 days ago. (https://prioridata.com/data/social-media-usage/ https://prioridata.com/data/social-media-usage/ )

NegativeK 2y ago

Respectfully, this is a small sampling of what's happening. Reddit and Twitter, the two posterchildren of poor management, have plenty of actual interaction. They also have a significant amount of shitty noise, which is incredibly off putting, but the average person is still more likely to go there than where our niche communities end up. They might be dying slowly, but they're not even on life support yet.

pmdr 2y ago
I think reddit is actually thriving. Everyone I know spends time there nowadays.
- maxcoder4 2y ago
  I think Reddit used to be a niche site for hackers [1], hobbyists and enthusiasts. Now it's a mainstream site where regular people browse news and memes. Maybe Reddit alienated it former audience, but it doesn't mean it's dying - it just changed. [1] as in "hacker news"
  - idiotsecant 2y ago
    The internet used to be a place for hobbyists, hackers, and enthusiasts. That's not true anymore, at least not exclusively. But that supports your point - when the lake turns to saltwater you dont survive by being a freshwater fish.
nullserver 2y ago
Twitter is doing fantastic. Just because people want to go back to more censorship doesn’t mean Twitter is dying.
- toofy 2y ago
  > Twitter is doing fantastic. Reported yesterday [0] that it’s worth 73% less than when elon took over. You absolutely may have a different definition of fantastic but what was once one of the largest social sites losing 3/4 of its value in 15 months is significant. aside from actual financial analysts, my own personal anecdata has pretty much mirrored their analysis. i’ve gone back and gave it an honest try like 4 or 5 times and each time has been worse than the previous. it just reinforced why i (and more and more people) choose to spend our time in other places. [0] https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/fidelity-x-stake-73-decline-since-elon-musk-twitter-takeover/ https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/fidelity-x-stake-73-decline-s...
  - stevenicr 2y ago
    Just gotta say that both things can be true. Investment banks can find it worth less than it was from a return on stock financial view, and millions of users can find it a fantastic messaging portal, and individual people may not like aspects of the portal. "was once one of the largest social sites" - I feel that X is still one of the largest social sites wordlwide and especially in the US.. Priori Data has them in the top 12 of the world at 600 million users 6 days ago. (https://prioridata.com/data/social-media-usage/ https://prioridata.com/data/social-media-usage/ )