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[–]Megatron95 23 insightful - 4 fun23 insightful - 3 fun24 insightful - 4 fun -  (2 children)

Reddit didn't rely on migrations from other websites to grow,

The 2010 Digg migration

[–]UncleJemima 7 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

excellent point

I'd argue that the Digg migration killed Reddit's potential to be a website for normal people. Overnight it went from IT professionals in their early 20s to 1000s of children aged 11-15. Decent discussions were rare at that point.

[–]iDontShift 11 insightful - 2 fun11 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

no it was awesome until aaron swartz died.

it was then that censorship, banning, shadowbanning, and all other forms of intrusion to stop free thinking

i can't believe so many let it go so easily without more of a fight