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Internet forums are disappearing because now everything is Reddit and Discord. And that's worrying. (www-xataka-com.translate.goog)
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What are we going to do about it?

Sorry for the Google Translate Link. An easy alternative is much appreciated.

Edit: thanks to @Xamrica@lemmy.dbzer0.com for this translation alternative: https://translate.kagi.com/translate/https://www.xataka.com/servicios/foros-internet-estan-desapareciendo-porque-ahora-todo-reddit-discord-eso-preocupante

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[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 32 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Don't worry, the enshittification of both is proceeding well.

Replacements are inevitable in time. This one is growing.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

It is, though the numbers are depressing.

A site like Reddit grows in its daily active users more than 15x (!!!) entire MAU base of Lemmy. "Reddit migrations" are barely a margin of error for them.

This is excluding, liberal, assumption of bot counts.

[–] tfm@europe.pub 7 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Exponential growth starts slowly...

[–] Critical_Thinker@lemm.ee 3 points 3 days ago

Reddit didn't grow in it's early days like it does today. To use an analogy for what you're saying: think of a snowball rolling down a mountain and turning into an avalanche. It's easy to forget that the snowball started it.