> The problem is that many people have come to think of reddit as a public utility
That's a good summary of the problem, and I would extend that to say that public utilities should be in control of the public, which means federated services.
My hope at this point is that Reddit massively doubles down (and that Twitter goes back to trying to eat itself) so the migration to Lemmy and Mastodon continues. Neither has quite crossed the chasm out of the early adopter/tech sector users. It looked like Mastodon got close at one point and then Twitter ran out of completely idiotic ideas.
That's a good summary of the problem, and I would extend that to say that public utilities should be in control of the public, which means federated services.
My hope at this point is that Reddit massively doubles down (and that Twitter goes back to trying to eat itself) so the migration to Lemmy and Mastodon continues. Neither has quite crossed the chasm out of the early adopter/tech sector users. It looked like Mastodon got close at one point and then Twitter ran out of completely idiotic ideas.