I’ve seen many comments and posts regarding the API fiasco on Reddit, with the claim that there will be a huge influx of users when that happens. I’m all for it, but I find it hard to believe that the average or even above average user will make the effort to switch.
I do miss the unexpected celebrity or expert comments that would pop up every once in awhile. Like, Oh, here’s u/GovSchwarzenegger giving some sort of motivational comment to somebody, or GODDAMNIT, u/shittymorph got me again with his ridiculously well-written comment that devolves into copypasta, or, oh hey look, it’s a particle physicist at CERN who’s an expert in this field and knows that the linked article is BS because X, Y, and Z. Smaller is nicer in some respects, less garbage to sift through, but having world experts on hand to comment on posts was pretty cool too.