a platform with 50 million users doesn't die as a result of a 2 day blackout. MySpace and digg are still technically alive

this is probably reddit's biggest PR nightmare and this will make a permanent stain on the company.

Lemmy/kbin getting increased development is probably the best case scenario.

with the reddit sync dev and other devs making 3rd party clients we're going to see Lemmy be a viable alternative in the coming weeks or months.

I've already stopped using reddit on mobile. if they kill old reddit then my usage drops by over 90 percent