They've lost their reputation. Their actions over the past few weeks have soured at least a portion of their most die-hard users who generate the content for the site.

I myself was an avid user visiting daily and contributing/helping newbies multiple times a day answering the same questions and guiding them in the right direction. That all stopped - I haven't been on the site since the blackout started. I even blocked reddit at the router level so I don't accidentally visit the site.

I've since found two other social media platforms (kbin social and squabbles) to scratch my itch for social interactions. I won't miss reddit - it's not the old reddit it used to be a decade ago.

Maybe when the dust settles I'll return to lurk reddit and laugh at the sh!t show it's become, but I won't return in the capacity I did before