This is the result of letting single corporations monopolize entire categories of data.
Twitter monopolized short-form announcements. Reddit monopolized niche information. And when they realize they have that monopoly, they’re going to grab hold of it tighter and tighter until they crush the life out of it.
reddit is dying twitter is dying tumblr is next as people move over here in response and the corporate side of the company starts drooling at the prospect of EVEN MORE MONEY so they make staff change the website to be shittier and more like the dying websites. whats next? fireside gathering at my house where we pass the posting stick around that indicates youre allowed to make a post with words that come out of your mouth