Idk,
> it's honestly not a big loss to reddit.
Even though there are some giant subreddits that will probably all return, those are the least interesting part of Reddit. I feel like even the people who just want to scroll memes and rage content on the big subreddits still get a lot of value out of a few smaller subreddits related to their hobbies.
I feel like that’s what made Reddit special compared to TikTok or others, was that you could join those niche areas that were specific to you. Reddit still has the same garbage as other internet sites, but you could also find the really interesting and insightful content related to your hobbies.
And in many of my niches specifically, almost entirely the mods have resigned from those smaller communities. And since I’m not interested in the rage memes of the major subreddits, Reddit has nothing for me at this point.
But even the people who do like that stuff, I would guess also have their own niche hobbies that they enjoy, and if that part of Reddit goes away then they might as well just be on TikTok or whatever. And then why would they stay on Reddit when it’s so similar to those others?
To phrase more elegantly: the big subreddits may have the bulk of content, and will probably still be around. But the long tail of tiny subreddits is what made it interesting, and it would take a gargantuan effort for Reddit to restore the community of all of those little subreddits that are individually only valuable to a few, but everyone has some tiny subreddits that are really important to them.
