First all the bs with Twitter and Elon, then Reddit having an exodus to Lemmy (not complaining lol), then Twitch. Are we like, in an alternate self healing dimension or something?

  • AnagrammadiCodeina@feddit.it
    3·
    2 years ago

    The reality is that nothing is really dying and nothing is really changing. Twitter is still fully operational and other than a small hit nothing happened. Twitch already did a step back. For Reddit we’ll see but only a really small percentage of reddit is using third party apps.

    • naoseiquemsou@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 years ago

      It’s not the services that are dying, but the internet as we used to know.

      Change is natural, but the services are all changing in a way not beneficial forthe users.

    • dillydogg@lemmy.one
      1·
      2 years ago

      I think the “the internet is dying” perspectives are all incredibly overblown. They aren’t going anywhere anytime soon. I remember all of the “Facebook is dead, I don’t know anyone using Facebook!” posts, but I suspect many here are invested in some index fund that is being pulled upwards by Meta.

      • Gullevek@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 years ago

        But how many people are still exchanging facebook contacts? Because I haven’t met anyone anymore …

        • sparx@beehaw.org
          1·
          2 years ago

          A significant point would be that I’ll just find you when I get home if I cared enough about our interaction.

        • dillydogg@lemmy.one
          1·
          2 years ago

          Good point! I suspect it’s a lot more than we think. My parents are definitively still involved in doing this.

          But on the other hand, does exchanging contacts mean anything to Facebook anymore? I don’t think that’s important to their income stream anymore. If the OP meant “these sites are still going strong but aren’t what they were when they began”, then of course I agree.