[Sunspark]

The trust thermocline thread is a great read and I believe it is accurate. It applies to way more things than just social media.

Speaking for myself, I've already lightly started casting my gaze around for potential Reddit replacements with user interfaces I don't hate at first glance. tildes.net last night rated as worthy of a second look later. This means I am already starting to transition through the trust thermocline.

I was on Digg until I wasn't. Reddit can still survive this, but the CEO is making a lot of fumbles. They need to do damage control now. They need to freeze their existing plans, possibly sack the CEO (even though my belief is that corporate CEOs are all the same and the real CEO is the board of directors).

The actual problem as I see it is the Reddit board who don't understand that Reddit does not manufacture a product. People are not looking for a place where they can see the same meme posted again that has already circulated through Twitter and Facebook et al.