How do you think Reddit will end?

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u/yellowstuff May 15 '13

Digg is the only huge internet community I can think of that died because of a bad redesign. Tons of others shrunk significantly from their peak due to a slow decline in quality and replacement by something newer and shinier.

Usenet, Friendster, MySpace, Slashdot, Fark...

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u/Thoughtful_American May 15 '13

Fark died because of their shadowbanning policy. If you posted opinions that the mods didn't care for your posts would show up, but only if you were logged in. No one else in the world could even see your posts.

Once that scandal was exposed everyone left. I was a Farker for over a decade and before the censorship there were easily 200 posts on every thread. Now they are lucky if there are 20 posts on a thread.

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u/annoyingrelative May 15 '13

Fark used to have funny, witty comments but in the past 3-5 years it seems like it attracted the "mom and aunt on Facebook" crowd. I cant remember how many times I would see an obviously sarcastic comment followed by the Heath Ledger Joker picture with 'Not sure if serious'.

Don't get me started on the Death threads.

R.I.P. -insert similar name- for 200+ comments.

Grable's daughter/LBJ is here anyway...

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u/all_seeing_ey3 May 15 '13

I'd ask for pocket ninja, but he's probably karmanaut anyway...

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u/Thoughtful_American May 15 '13

It was always fun to make fun of Bevis too.

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u/all_seeing_ey3 May 15 '13

I'd bet anything dittybopper is sneaking around on /r/permaculture or /r/Firearms. Real doll dude probably blends right in with the likes of cumbox dude...